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THIRTY YEARS 



POST GRADUATE RECORD 



OF 



THE CLASS OF 1869, 

Hamilton College 

CIS 12. 



COMPILED BY 



WILLIAM LEE DOWNING, 

Class Secretary. 



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Published bv order of the Class, 



iN the preparation of the record the heartiest thanks of the class 
are due Dr. Lewis Ray Foote for the splendid assistance he 
has given in securing information. When the case has seemed 
utterly hopeless Dr. Foote has been appealed to, and he has re- 
sponded every time in the most effective manner. 

He has bombarded the delinquent with letter, telegram and 
postal; appealed to pastor, daughter and wife, until there has been 
an unconditional surrender and the desired material forwarded to 
Utica In fact, he caught one recalcitrant in Brooklyn, who had 
declared that " All the king's horses could not drag him again be- 
fore a camera," and lo, we have his dear face with the others, 
although his wife had written, " When a man won't, he won't." 
All hail, to earnest, loyal, Foote ! 



THE CLASS OF 1869. 



THE OLD ROLL. 



NAMES. 

Amos James Allen 
Charles Anderson 
Samuel Farwell Bagg 
Charles Densmore Barrows 
John Everett Beecher 
Henry Harper Benedict 
Rush Walsworth Bissell 
Channing John Brown 
Francis Marion Burdick 
William Frederick Cahoon 
Louis Nathan Chapin 
Eugene Cheeseman 
Jere M each am Chrysler 
Frederic Erastus Cleveland 
John Dykeman Conley 
Kirk Peter Crandall 
Edward Ward Crowell 
Elbert Wilmot Cummings 
John Lovell Douglass 
William Lee Downing 
George Edward Draper 
James Henry Ecob 
John Edgar Elmer 
Charles Peter Fake . 
Thomas Warner Fitch 
John Henry Fitzgerald 
Lewis Ray Foote 
John Curtiss Fowler 
Otis Randall Glover 



RESIDEN'CE WHILE 
IX COLLEGE. 

Walesville 

Union Springs 

Utica 

Clinton 

Vernon Centre 

Little Falls 

Clinton 

Cary 

De Ruyter 

Canton 

Madison 

Silver Creek 

Theresa 

Madison 

Canastota 

Babcock Hill 

Rome 

Paw Paw, Mich. 

Niles, Mich. 

Oneida 

Dryden 

Moravia 

Chester 

Clinton 

Oneida 

Butternuts 

Sherburne 

Canastota 

Ottawa, 111. 



NAMES. 

John Howard Greene 
D'LiNTON Wing Greenfield 
RuFus Theron Griggs 
Samuel Dumont Halliday 
William Parsons Hesion . 
Charles Kimball Hoyt 
Ekwin Colton Hull . 
Theodore Charles Jerome 
Mass AH Knox Johnson 
Frank Roscius Judson 
George Eugene King 
Martin Dwelle Kne eland 
Horatio William Lawrence 
John Van Buren Lewis 
Willard Merrick Lillibkidge 
Cornelius Evarts Luckev 
Rice McCauley 
Martin Van Buren McGraw 
Roswell Miller 
Simon Newton Dexter North 
Eliot Robertson Payson 
William Seward Pinney . 
William Loring Pottle . 
Francis Contarina Pope 
Alvan Allan Richmond 
Adelbert Jay Schlager 
Charles Henry Seakle 
George Russell Smith 
Selden Haines Talcott 
Robert Barclay Turner 
Henry Hunt Wells 
Charles Augustus Wetmore 
William Henry Whiting 
Edward James Wickson 
William Solomon Young 



RESIDENCE WHILE 
IN COLLEGE. 

Indian Castle 

Rome 

Auburn 

Ithaca 

Batavia 

Auburn 

Hannibal 

Clinton 

Bellona 

Ogdensburg 

Ravenna, O. 

South Onondaga 

Syracuse 

Auburn 

Holland Patent 

Jonesboro, Tenn 

Stanley 

Schuyler 

Auburn 

Clinton 

Oxford 

Clinton 

Naples 

Syracuse 

Little Falls 

Lanesboro, Pa. 

Leonardsville 

Albion 

Rome 

Clinton 

Alexandria, Va. 

Norwich 

Jasper 

Lyons 

AUentown, Pa. 



THE NEW ROLL. 



NAMES. 


DATE OF BIRTH. 


Flora Allen .... 


July 2 1, 


1879 


Jennie Dow Allen 


April 7, 


1881 


Grace Isabella Allen . 


February 8, 


1883 


Marion Bradbern Allen 


April lo, 


1886 


Jessie A.llen .... 


October 13, 


1888 


Eunice Bagg .... 


June 15, 


1887 


Sterling Barrows 


December i, 


1880 


Ada Agnes Bissell . . 


August 6, 1 


870* 


Joseph Bissell .... 


June 4, ] 


[872* 


ISABELLE JeaNETTE BiSSELL 


January 12, j 


■886* 


Joseph Benedict 


. March 14, i 


869* 


John Richmond Benedict 


. March 14, ] 


[871* 


Annie Louise Benedict 


. January 3, 1 


875* 


Helen Elizabeth Benedict . 


. October ti, 


1879 


Anna Van Epps Burdick 


February 24, 


1877 


Katharine Pearley Burdick 


December 9, 


1879 


Charles Kellogg Burdick . 


February 7, 


1883 


Flora Margaret Burdick . 


June 14, 


1884 


Belle Sabrah Cheeseman 


October 8, 


1870 


Frederick Aldrich Cleveland 


. 


1876 


Catherine Cleveland 


. 


1879 


Mabel Chrysler 


April 29, 


1876 


Josephine Lee Chrysler 


May 2, 


1877 


John Mayo Conley 


December 25, 


1873 


Florence Elizabeth Conley 


September 29, 


1879 


Otho E. Draper 


October 2, 1 


874* 


Ada W. Draper 


April 29, 


1885 


Edna E. Draper 


July 10, 


1888 


Raymond E. Draper . . 


October, 


1896 


Frances Gilbert Ecob 


May 18, 


1881 


Robert Gilbert Ecob 


May 28, 


1884 


Eleanor Ecob .... 


August 12, 


1885 


Katharine Gilbert Ecob 


February 11, 


1877 


Samuel Robertson Fowler 


February 5, 


1876 


Florence Elizabeth Fowler 


. October 31, 


1880 



Deceased. 



NAMES. 

LoREN Robertson Fowler 
Lulu Greenfield 
Florence Norton Griggs 
Alexander Henry Griggs 
Samuel Morris Kalliday 
Norman Henry Halliday 
Helen Halliday 
Lucretia Heston 
Mary May Heston 
Gertrude Heston 
William May Heston 
Arthur May Heston 
Carrie Eliza Hull 
Erwin Stewart Hull 
Elbert Isaac Hull 
Robert Bouton Hull 
Paul Jerome 
Kate Swan Jerome 
Bernard Clairvaux Jerome 
Irene Elizabeth Jerome 
Robert Bartlett Jerome 
Grace Eliza King 
Adaline Orpha King 
Elizabeth Lord Kneeland 
Frank Jonathan Kneeland 
William Aiken Kneeland 
Paul Dwelle Kneeland 
Ruth Stella Kneeland 
Alletta a. Lillibridge 
Harrison Lillibridge 
Joseph H. Lillibridge 
Mary Julia Luckey 
RoswELL Miller, Jr. 
Dorothy Miller 
Emma C. McCauley 
Edward North, 2nd 
Gladys North 

* Deceased. 



DATE OF BIRTH. 

September 16, 1882 

February 2, 1887 

February 20, 1879 

May 20, 18S3* 

April 26, 1883 

April 15, 1885 

May 7, 1890 

March 13, 1874 

May 31, 1876 

April 25, 1880* 

August 3, 1885 

September 8, 1887* 

July 23, 1874 

April II, 1877 

December 29, 1883 

September 12, 1885 

March 22, 1875* 

June 14, 1877* 

June 4, 1879* 



February 19. 


1882 


September 21, 


1884 


February 26, 


1876 


October 17, 


1878 


April 8, 


1877 


May 30, 


1879 


August 9, 


1884 


March 2, 


1887 


November 7, 


1888 


November 14, 


1883 


January 4, 


1890 


. October 23, i 


892* 


April 16, 


1878 


October 16, 


1894 


March i, 


1898 


August 20, 


1872 


September 25, 


1878 


November 27, 


1879 



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NAMES. 

Eloise Comstock North . 

Dexter North 

Francis C. Pope, Jr. 

Virginia Hamilton Pope . 

Freelovk Cornish Schlager 

Nellie Cornelia Schlagkr 

Mary Schlager 

Homer Wellington Searle 

Alice Lucketia Searle 

Annie Pier Searle 

Ruth Searle 

Helen Millicent Wells . 

Hat^ry Morgan Wells 

Carl Hunt Wells 

George Leit Wells . 

Edith May Wetmore 

Olive Whiting 

Ednah Harmon Wickson . 

Katharine Ray Wickson . 

Frances Walsworth Wickson* 

Ida Robinson Wickson 

Harmon Wickson 

Gladys Clare Wickson 

Guest Wickson 

* Deceaseed. 

SUMMARY OF CHILDREN LIVING : 

Sons, 28. 
Daughters, 50. 



D.^rt: OF B 

May 12 

October 26 

February 8 

July I 

September 7 

June 7 

February 19 

April 5 

April 27 

December i 

March 21 

March 5 

April 23 

August I 

August IT 

May 15 

September 26 
February 3 



RTH. 
884 
890 
884 

886 

875 
878 



886 



873 
875 
877 
8Ss 
872 
881 
876 
878 



1888 



Dr. Foote, for himself and his classmates of '69, wrote a letter 
of greeting and congratulation to Professor North on his eightieth 
birthday, March 9, 1900. He received in reply : 



Department of 

GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, 
Hamilton College, 

Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., 

March 9, 1900. 
My dear Dr. Foote : 

Inasmuch as your hearty greeting brought me inspiration for the 
enclosed sonnet, it would seem to be but fair that you should have a 
copy. Kindly allow your charity to cover its faults, and believe me 

Yours most heartily, 

EDWARD NORTH. 



At eighty years, what is life's dearest prize? 

Not landscapes' shifting wealth of light and gloom. 

Not trees that whisper hints of paradise. 

Not tender flowers that breathe delight's perfume, 

Not music's medicine for slander's gall. 

Not Attic lore with ageless wisdom fraught. 

Not travel's panoramic festival, 

Not letters sweet from far off homesteads brought, 

Not history's crowded scenes of war and gore, 

Not drama's resurrected life and show : 

But hopes to meet dear lost ones gone before. 

With faith that Christ's own arm will strength bestow, 

When earthly scenes fade from the mortal view, 

And hopes of sinless, endless joys come true. 



CHANCELOR OF UNIVERSITY STATE OF NEW YORK, 



ANSON JUDD UPSON, D. D., L. L. D., L. H. D. 





1869. 



1899. 



Glens Falls, N. Y., 

April 13, 1900. 
My dear Downing : 

Excuse my delay in answering your letter of the 4th inst. I have 
not been quite well and so could not write, even as I have. But I am 
pleased with your request, and wish I could do better. 

I am glad to know that you hold your useful place in the Utica 
Academy, of which I am proud to be a graduate. May you die in it — 
not immediately. 

Cordially yours, 

A. J. UPSON. 

Glens Falls, N- Y., 

April 13, iQoo. 
My dear Members of the Class of i86g : 

A letter of April the 4th was received by me from your classmate, 
Mr. Wm. L. Downing. In it he asks me to write a word to you. I 
would write gladly, but what shall I say ? I keep a record of your class 
in my copy of the triennial catalogue. From it, and from the Mail- 
book, which Professor North has industriously and most usefully given 
to us, I gather a record of the work which has filled the thirty years of 
the forty-one "boys" who received their diplomas from President 
Brown in 1869. 

In the catalogue eleven of you have been italicized as clergymen, 
three have been capitalized as office holders, six are named teachers, 
eleven are lawyers, five I know are farmers, two have been editors, and 
one of them does important work upon the census ; one is a manufac- 
turer, two are merchants, one is a physician, and he has done much to 
help and cure the insane ; and one is eminent as a great railway mana- 
ger ; eight of your class are stelligerents. Asa whole, you have made 
a good record. 

I wonder if you still all believe in collegiate education and will 
send your boys to Hamilton College, as you should. Whether you can 
answer the questions we asked together so often about Paul and the 
effect of Gamalial's instruction upon his preaching— whether " Paul did 
make a worse preacher," may yet be doubtful. I would hardly dare 
to call the roll for a definite answer. 

The Class of 1869 was the last class but one I had the honor to in- 
struct in the college. I feel just as young as when we said good-bye to 
each other in the old Stone Church in Clinton. My prayer for you all 
is as sincere and fervent as it was that day. So shall it ever be. 

Always most truly, 

A. J. UPSON, 



THE RE-UNION, OF 1899. 

THE third decennial reunion of the Class of 1869, Hamilton 
College, was held on Wednesday of the Commencement 

week of 1899. 

There were present : Allen, Bagg, Beecher, Burdick, Downing, 
Foote, Griggs, Halliday, Kneeland, Lillibridge, Macauley, North, 
Payson and Searle. Luckey and Talcott, unfortunately, did not 
arrive in Clinton until after the meeting. 

The Class assembled m the Chapel and then proceeded to the 
class tree, where they were photographed by Professor Dodge. 
Going to the Benedict Hall of Languages another picture was 
taken, when adjournment was made to the residence of Dr. North. 
Here his gracious and bountiful hospitality was fully enjoyed. 

After dinner was served the meeting was called to order, and 
on motion of Mr. North, Judge Lillibridge was elected President. 

The Secretary then read his report. At its conclusion a resolu 
tion was passed directing him to add a sketch of those who had at 
any time been members of '69 but did not graduate. An earnest 
effort has been made to carry out this direction, but with results 
that are. not at all satisfactory. Only a few of the non -graduate 
members sent replies to the repeated communications addressed 
to them. 

The Secretary was authorized to publish the post-graduate 
history of the Class. 

A hearty vote of thanks was tendered Dr. North for the 
cordial greeting he had extended, and the honor he had conferred 
upon '69. 

At the close of the meeting the Class attended in a body the 
Alumni reception given by President Stryker. 



THE SECRETARY'S REPORT. 

THE last regular re-union of the Class of 1869, Hamilton 
College, was held in the Perry Smith Library Hall, June 26th, 

1889. It commemorated the twentieth anniversary of our 
graduation from the College. There were present twelve members. 
Bagg, Barrows, Beecher, Bissell, Burdick, Downing, Foote, Fowler, 
Griggs, Lillibridge, Payson and Searle. Ecob, who had pronounced 
the Alumni poem the preceding evening, was detained from the 
meeting by most urgent business which took him from Clinton im- 
mediately after the delivery of his poem. 

The report of the re-union was published in accordance with 
the suggestion made of giving the letters entire, along with such 
other information as could be secured. This report was sent to 
each living member of the Class in the early autumn of 1889. 

The next re-union was discussed. Wickson had suggested, in 
a letter to Griggs, that it be held in 1894 as a quarter centennial 
celebration. It was deemed best, however, to keep the regular re- 
unions at the end of each decade, with an informal one at that 
time. 

There were present at the re-union in 1894, Barrows, Beecher, 
Benedict, Crandall, Downing, Foote, Griggs, Payson, Schlager and 
Searle. We met at the home of Dr. North, and after a most 
bountiful dinner, adjourned to his broad piazza, overlooking, for 
Hamilton men, the most beautiful valley in the world. Telegrams 
were received from Glover, Lillibridge and North. The latter, de- 
tained in Washington by the Tariff bill, sent a box of cigars so 
choice that they served, in a degree, to reconcile his classmates to 
his absence. 

The Secretary read his report, and, after some discussion, it 

was decided to publish it in connection with that of the re-union 

of 1899. The hearty thanks of the Class were extended to Dr. 

North for his gracious hospitality. We then adjourned to meet 

again in 1899. 



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The call to this, our third decennial meeting, was sent to the 
thirty three living members of the Class, January 23d, 1899. 
Twenty-six replies have been received. 

The Secretary hoped to have the record published and ready 
for distribution to day. Owing, however, to the delays made in 
sending on the stati>tics requested, it has been impossible to do 
this. What is presented now contains an abstract of the previous 
record?, with such additional facts as could be obtained. 

In the last report the statement was made : '• But two Pro- 
fessors who were in the Faculty while '69 was in College remain, 
Dr. Peters and Dr. North." In the gray dawn of a mid summer 
morning, two years later, it was discovered that the former's life 
had gone out with the closing day, and that of the men who 
formed the teaching force of the College while we were here, but 
one was left; the one who for over fifty years has gone in and out 
with the College generations, evincing always a practical interest 
in the personal success of every one who leaves our beloved Alma 
Mater, and drawing every man of Hamilton to a purer ideal of 
life. And so, when the invitation came, in 1894, from Dr. North 
for the Class of 1869 to meet with him, the summons were received 
with the deepest gratification by the Class he called under his roof 

Five years later we are again honored by his remembrance, 
and in accepiing his invitation we desire to give expression to the 
veneration and love we bear this loyal, earnest friend of our early 
manhood. In his letter Ecob fitly voices the appreciation of his 
classmates : *" It is such a gracious thing for Professor North to 
do for our Class; men of other Classes have said to me, 'Why 
this great honor upon '69? I replied, ' Because we loved him so.' 
' Well, and so did we, and so did we, and yet he gave us no dinner 
to make merry with our friends.' You see how courted is every 
laurel leaf of recognition from his hands. Sixty-nine will walk 
among the Classes at Commencement like Joseph among his 
brethren." 




B-Eqos Janjes flllei) 



AMOS J. ALLEN, 

Cambridge, Wis. 

Amos James Allen was born at Walesville, N, Y., Dec. 12th, 

1843- 

His early life was passed in his native town. He went to 
Whitestown Seminary, and made his preparation for college in that 
institution. He entered Hamilton with the Class of 1867. He 
was not connected with that class, however, except in passing the 
entrance examinations, but was a member of '69 during its entire 
course. 

After leaving Hamilton he spent some time at Walesville. 
He then went west, and finally located at Cambridge, Wis. Here 
he has since remained, being extensively engaged in the lumber 
business, which interest has occupied his entire attention while 
living in Wisconsin. He has fully identified himself with the civic 
affairs of his town and county, having held in them numerous 
offices of trust and responsibiHty. 

He .was married May 28th, 1878. to Miss Isabella Dow. 
Five children have been born to them, but two of whom are now 
living. 

He is a trustee and attendant of the Cambridge Presbyterian 
Church. He was present at the re-union, and was most cordially 
greeted by his classmates who were there, none of whom had met 
him since graduation. 




Cl^arles fl.ridersor|. 



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Prof. CHARLES ANDERSON, 
Robert College, Constantinople, Turkey. 

Charles Anderson, Jr., was born at Sennett, N. Y., April 4th, 
1847. His preparation was made in the Friends' Academy, at 
Union Springs, N. Y., from which institution he passed into '69 at 
the opening of Sophomore year. Before graduating he accepted 
a position as teacher in Robert College, Constantinople. He went 
out in the summer of 1869, passing through England and France 
on his journey. His department in the college was a miscellane- 
ous one. During his vacations he visited most of the important 
places in European and Asiatic Turkey. He remained in Con- 
stantinople three years. On his return to the United States he 
entered Auburn Theological Seminary, where he passed one year. 
He finished his theological studies at Andover, Mass. 

He accepted a pastoral call to North Woburn, Mass., where 
he remained until August, 1888, when he returned to Robert Col- 
lege, having been appointed to a responsible position in that insti- 
tution. He was married on a July day during the seventies to 
some lady of Cornwall-on-the-Hudson. In his letter he says: 

" I am sorry not to be able to lunch with you all at Prof. North's. 
I envy every one of you the luxury of being with him once more and 
of being together. It would certainly make me twenty-five years 
younger. My life so far has been so uninteresting to any of my class- 
mates that I will not mention it. I am here, where I began immedi- 
ately after graduation, teaching in Robert College, and nothing would 
give me greater pleasure than to welcome any of my old classmates. 
Twenty-seven years ago I had the unspeakable joy of being here when 
our dear Prof. North was here for a few days, and howl wish he would 
repeat that visit ! Of course, I think that I live in the most delightful 
spot in the world, and have the pleasantest work and the best home. 
Still, one sometimes longs to get back into the old life and inspiration 
of the United States. We have an Alumni that compensates often for 
the sacrifices we make in being away from America. Give my hearty 
salutation to all, and as I have got to be an Oriental you will pardon 
me if I ask you to hug and kiss our beloved Prof. North. I am sorry 
to write so hastily, but am none the less 

Affectionately yours, 

CHARLES ANDERSON." 




SarqUel Far^^^ell Bagg. 



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SAMUEL F. BAGG, 

Watertown, N. Y. . 

Samuel Farvvell Bagg was born at Utica, September 13th, 
1848. His preparation for college was made in the schools of 
Utica. He entered Hamilton in 1865. 

He spent the first two years after graduation in teaching ; first 
at Unadilla, N. Y., where he remained one term, afterwards at 
Prattsburg, as Principal of Franklin Academy, for two years. He 
then gave up teaching and was a salesman in a machinery house in 
New York one year. For four years, ending with 1876, he was 
secretary of the Utica Steam Engine Company. He then read 
law, joining the Hamilton law class, and was admitted to the bar 
in April, 1887. He did not practice long, however, as he soon ac- 
cepted the position of secretary aud treasurer of the Watertown 
Steam Engine Company. In this profitable business he is still en- 
gaged. He has served as Vice-President of the Ontario Paper 
Company, President of the Building and Loan Association, direct- 
or of the Watertown National Bank, and Vice President of the 
Watertown Street Railway Company. He is an elder in the Pres- 
byterian Church, and the Superintendent of its Sunday School. 
He was married September 3d, 1874, to Miss Mary Louise Young, 
ot Brooklyn, N. Y. His daughter, Eunice, was born in 1887. 

To his classmates he writes : 

" I think Luther says ' If a man is not handsome at twenty, 
strong at thirty, rich at forty, and wise at fifty, he will never be hand- 
some, strong, rich, or wise.' Having successfully resisted exposure, 
as Otis Glover would say, to the first three distinctions, I am just now 
pleading for a tardy day of grace on the fourth, but with no hope of 
success. Luther was not qualified to speak for this day and generation, 
anyway, 

I am engaged in the same business, living in the same house, and 
have the same friends and associates as ten years ago, for which I am 
truly grateful. I am now expecting to be with you Commencement, 
and anticipate a great deal of enjoyment. 

Very truly yours, 

S. F. BAGG." 







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C]:\ar'les Deqsrqoi'e Bai'ro'Ws 



Rev. CHARLES D. BARROWS, 

Clinton, N. Y. 

Charles Densmore Barrows was born at Clinton, N. Y,, May 
6th, 1848. He studied at the Rural High School under Rev. B. 
W. Dwight, Ph. D., and entered in the fall of 1864. An accident 
in the gymnasium compelled him to leave college one year, when 
he joined the Class of '69. 

After completing his course he became a member of the 
Hamilton College law school, from which he graduated in the 
spring of 1870. He then went to New York, took an optional 
course in the Columbia law school, and commenced to practice in 
that city at 99 Nassau street 

He continued his work here until 1876, when failing health 
compelled him to leave New York. For four years he sought to 
regain his strength, and in 1881 he was so far recovered as to be 
able to enter the Auburn Theological Seminary. Graduating in 
1883 he settled at Jamestown, N. Y., where he had a very success- 
ful pastorate of the P'irst Presbyterian Church for three years. He 
then accepted a very urgent call to the First Presbyterian Church 
of Oswego, N. Y. Two years ago he gave up his work in Oswego, 
and is now seeking to recover his health in New Jersey. 

He married Maty B. Richardson, of New York City, Septem- 
ber i6th, 1875. They have one son, Sterling Barrows, a member 
of the Class of 1903, Hamilton College. He is the only one of the 
twenty-eight living sons of '69 who has thus far entered the Alma 
Mater of his father. 




cFotiq Everett Beecl:\er. 



Rev. JOHN E. BEECHER, 
Onondaga Valley, N. Y. 

John Ellsworth Beecher was born at Ellsworth, Conn., Janu- 
ary 2 2d, 1842. He prepared for college at the West Winfield 
Academy, and passed his entrance examination in September, 1865. 

From college he went to Auburn Theological Seminary, where 
he completed his course in theology. During the summer vaca- 
tions he preached at Collamer, N. Y., and Ararat, Pa. He ended 
his course at Auburn in poor health, and after preaching three 
months at Bell Isle, N. Y., spent some time in travelling. He then 
did pastoral work at Jasper, N. Y., in Michigan at Holt, Cass City, 
and Bad Axe, and at Washington, Minn For seven months, be- 
ginning with August, 1882, he was an itwalid in St. Luke's Hospi- 
tal, St. Paul, Minn While convalescing he supplied for a time 
the Presbyterian Church at Verona, N. Y. Then he was pastor at 
Rossie, N. Y., 1883-85 ; at Otisco, N. Y., '85-90 ; at Manlius,N. 
Y., "90-92. He has since resided at Onondaga Valley, N. Y. 
where he owns a home His mother, an unmarried sister, and 
Albert W. Mason, a nephew, now a student at Hamilton, comprise 
his family. He is retired from pastoral work. 

For one year while at Bad Axe he was Superintendent of 
Public Schools. 

To the Secretary he writes : 

" I have never fully recovered from my severe illness of 1882, and 
have since labored under great physical infirmity, and am now retired, 
prematurely old. But I feel as young in spirit as I did thirty years 
ago, and fairl}^ wonder to find mvself fifty-seven years of age. What 
has become of my life ? Well, as a matter of fact it has but just begun. 
I have eternity for work and enjoyment yet. During the last ten years 
I have seldom seen a classmate, except Fowler of Syracuse, who has 
recently done me a very kind service in helping me out of a financial 
tangle into which I had foolishly allowed myself to be led." 

To the members of '69 he says : 

* ' My dear ClassTnates : 

I do so hope to meet the most of you upon our twentieth year re- 
union ! I have not seen many of you since graduation, and I shall 
scarcely hope to see again most of those I expect to look upon in Bene- 
dict Hall next Commencement. 



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I need say nothing about m3^self, for you will read my history as 
Downing records it. There won't appear much to read there, but were 
not you always forbearing with me ? Most of you have more than 
made up my defects so far as the worldly honors of the Class are con- 
cerned, while I hope that these honors have only bound you the closer 
to the Father of us all, who uses different dispensations to win the love 
of his children. 

I hope to have more than one reunion with my classmates in the 
world to come, and that none will be missing in those reunions. 

May God bless you all, 

J. E. BEECHER." 




Er|trar\ce to Carqpiis 




Henry Harper Ber]edicr. 



HENRY H. BENEDICT, 
ii6 Willow street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Henry Harper Benedict was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., 
October 9th, 1844. In preparing for college he attended in suc- 
cession Little Falls Academy, Marshall Institute and Fairfield 
Seminary, teaching in the last two at the same time that he was 
pursuing his classical studies. He entered '69 at the opening of 
Sophomore year. 

In the fall of 1869 he went into the armory of E. Remington 
& Sons, at Ilion, N. Y. His work with this firm was of a high 
order, and he was soon one of the strongest men connected with 
it. Upon the formation of the company that succeeded the Rem- 
ingtons, in 1882, he became a member of the new firm, Wyckoff 
Seamens & Benedict, proprietors of the Remington typewriter. 
In this business he has amassed a large fortune, and he is now one 
of the wealthiest men among the sons of Hamilton. 

In his quiet, effective way, he is using intelligently his abund- 
ant means for church, for school, for humanity. He has remem- 
bered the college of his love, and the beautiful Hall of Languages 
in which we gather at this hour, and his other generous gifts to the 
college, vivify the beneficent use he is making of his great oppor- 
tunities. 

Mr. Benedict has been very deeply interested in church work. 
He was one of the organizing members of the First Presbyterian 
church of Ilion, N. Y., being an elder and trustee in the same Since 
1883, with Mrs. Benedict, he has been a member of the Fifth 
Avenue Presbyterian church, but during his residence in Brooklyn 
he has attended the Church of the Pilgrims, of which Dr. Storrs 
is pastor, and to which his daughter, Miss Helen Benedict, belongs. 

He was married at Fort Plain, N. Y., October loth, 1867, to 
Miss Maria Nellis. 

His life has not been without sorrow, three of the four children 
born to him dying in infancy. He has been a great traveller- 
He says : " I have been to Europe, Asia and Africa pretty fre- 
quently and to Clinton once in twenty years. If I live for twenty 
years to come I shall be seen oftener in Chnton than in Stamboul." 



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In 1896 he was elected a Trustee of Hamilton College; the 
first and only member of our Class to be thus honored. 

To his classmates he writes : 
" Dear Classmates : 

I sorely regret that I am not to clasp your hands at the reunion of 
our Class next June, 

A generation has passed since we parted. The ink upon our di- 
plomas is very dry now : there is no danger of blotting it. 

Those diplomas set forth that we were educated. Docti sumus. 
As to some of us, the very quill that wrote the dear President's signa- 
ture must have winked a knowing wink. Our names were written 
large in those same diplomas. Some of us — some of you, at least — 
may have hoped to write our names large in the history of our time. 
Well, the record is nearly made up. The level we have reached will 
be the level of our lives, and while probably it is not so high as we 
hoped, it seems to me that the members of '69 may congratulate one 
another, and rejoice each for himself, over what the years have 
brought to us. 

Dear Classmates, when you meet at Clinton, I shall be across the 
sen. I shall think of you with deep regret that I am not with you. We 
parted in the pleasant summer time thirty years ago — the early sum- 
mer of our lives. It is still the pleasant summer time ; never forget 
that ; the autumu is far away. Let us rejoice in the sunshine and look 
forward to our next meeting. 

Most cordially and affectionately yours, 

H. H. BENEDICT." 




Ber|edict Hall. 




Rilsli. Walswortti Bissell. 



RUSH W. BISSELL, 

Died in New York City, December 14th, 1893. 

Rush Walsworth Bissell was born in Clinton, N. Y. Here he 
spent most of his boyhood, making his preparation for college at 
the Rural High School, with North and Foote, and entering with 
them in June, 1865. 

Very soon after Commencement he married Miss Annie 
Pinney of Chnton, daughter of the Rev. John B. Finney, and in a 
short time removed to Lynchburg, Va. Here he was engaged in 
mercantile interests and was also proprietor of a newspaper. He 
returned north in the summer of 1872. Locating at Lockport, 
N. Y., he secured several important contracts for building canal 
boats. Afterwards, and until the time of his death, he lived in 
New York City and was member o( a firm engaged in railroad con- 
struction in the coal regions of Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Bissell was present at the twentieth anniversary of our 
graduation. He brought with him the air of thrift and generous 
living that characterizes the successful New Yorker, and his genial 
presence kept the meetmg aglow from its opening to its close. 

His business ventures, for a time very successful, in the end 
proved unfortunate. I'hese reverses and the repeated afflictions 
and bereavements, in the sickness and death of his children, were 
borne by him in a brave, manly way, but told heavily upon him. 
During the brief illness which resulted in his death he was patiently 
resigned to the Divine Will and expressed himself as trusting alone 
in the Mercy of the Redemption. 

He died in New York City, December 14th, 1893. 




C]:\ar[r[ir|g SoY\r[ Bro^^ri. 



Hon. CHANNING J. BROWN, 
Topeka, Kan. 

Channing John Brown was born in Oakfield, N. Y.. October 
31st, 1846, and entered college in September, 1865, from Lima 
Seminary. 

Very soon after Commencement he began to study law with 
Hon. Seth Wakeman of Batavia, N. Y. Four months later he en- 
gaged in the enterprise of organizing a colony of one hundred 
members to build a town in Kansas. The quota was filled, and 
in March, 1870, the town was located at the junction of the Little 
Blue and Big Blue rivers in Marshall County, and christened Blue 
Rapids, He was the lawyer of the colony, and served as town 
clerk, trustee, and wherever he could best advance the interests of 
the place. 

In November, 1874, he was elected to the lower house of the 
State Legislature for the term of one year, and in November, 
1876, was elected to the State Senate for the term of four years. 
In 1880 he was appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court of Kansas. 

Since 1879 the Secretary has been unable to get any com- 
munication from him, excepting a brief letter with his photograph, 
for which we are truly thankful, although conlmued, persistent 
efforts have been made, and his later history, unfortunately, cannot 
here be given. Griggs mentions him as still holding the court 
position in 1889, and interested also in mining. 

JopLiN, Mo., Feb. 7th, 1900. 
My dear Downing : 

Foote and Griggs both remind me that I have not sent you a 
photograph or a word for the thirty-year record of our class. I write 
this note to promise, at least, a photograph within a few days. The 
artist risked his instrument on me to-day. 

I am still living in Topeka, but am spending some time in this 
zinc and lead mining district. 

Yours very truly, 

C. J. BROWN. 




Francis iWarior) BiirdicK. 



Prof. FRANCIS M. BURDICK, LL. D., 
Columbia Law School, New York. 

Francis Marion Burdick was born at DeRuyter, N. Y., August 
ist, 1845. His preparation for college was commenced at a 
country district school, continued at the DeRuyter Institute, and 
completed at Cazenovia Seminary in the spring of 1862. He en- 
tered Hamilton in September, 1865. Soon after graduation he 
accepted a position in VVhitestown Seminary, having charge of the 
classical department. At the close of the first term he resigned to 
take a place on the corps of the Utica Morning Herald. North 
was already on the paper, and about a year later Wickson was 
added to the editorial corps, half the force being thus Irom the 
Class of 1869. He continued his connection with the Herald 
until June, 1872, when he entered a law office, having been previ- 
ously admitted to the bar. On the first day of January, 1874, he 
became a member of the law firm of Beardsley, Cookinham & 
Burdick, of Utica, which was changed afterwards to Beardsley, 
Burdick & Beardsley. 

In March, 1882, after a very exciting canvass, he was elected 
Mayor of Utica on a citizens ticket. In September of the same 
year he was chosen to the law professorship in Hamilton College, 
which had recently become vacant by the resignation of Dr. Evans. 
Professor Burdick is thus the only representative our class has had 
in the Faculty of Hamilton. It was well represented, however, by 
his work there, as he soon became one of the strongest and most 
popular professors in the College. 

To the great disappointment of the entire body of students 
and his associates in the Faculty he resigned early in 1887, to ac- 
cept one of the professorships in the law school of Cornell Uni- 
versity. His work here was characterized by the same dignity, 
thoroughness and strength which had given him so strong a hold 
upon the students of his Alma Mater. It is not surprising, then, 
that New York, always avaricious for what is best, called him from 
Cornell to a law professorship in Columbia University after four 
years successful work at Ithaca. In this labor he still finds 
pleasure, profit, contentment. 

He was appointed by President Cleveland inspector of coin- 
age in I. 



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He is a Presbyterian and has served as ruling elder in Utica, 
Ithaca and New York. 

He has published " Cases on Torts," " Cases on Sales," 
" Cases on Partnerships," " The Law of Partnership," and a large 
number of articles on legal subjects in various law magazines. 

June 8th, 1875, ^e married Sarah Underhill Kellogg, daughter 
of Charles C. Kellogg, '49, of Utica. Four numbers are taken 
by the Burdick children in the new roll call of '69. In 1895 he 
went abroad with his family, one particularly enjoyable feature of 
the tour being frequent bicycle rides over the fine roads of England 
with his sturdy youngsters. He came back alone and the next 
year returned for his family who had passed the winter in Germany. 

He is President of the Patria Club of New York, a member 
of the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Club and of the Barnard and 
Century Clubs. The degree of LL. D., was conferred upon him 
by the College in 1897. 




Eugeqe C]:\eeseii\ar\. 



Rev. EUGENE CHEESEMAN, 

Died at Webster, N. Y., July 27, 1886. 

Eugene Cheeseman was born in New Hudson, March 11, 1843, 
and prepared for college at Springville Academy. He was ad- 
mitted to the class of 1868, in September, 1864. but immediately 
enlisted as a private in the 90th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols. He was 
mustered out of service at Washington, D. C, July 3d, 1865, and 
re-entered college in the class of 1869. 

In 1869 he was appointed principal of the Coxsackie Academy, 
and in 1870 was appointed principal of the Marion Collegiate 
Institute. He held this position for two years. In 1872 he en- 
tered the Junior class of Rochester Theological Seminary, and in 
1873 the Middle class of Auburn Theological Seminary. He was 
licensed to preach by the Lyons Presbytery, April 14, 1874. In 
December, 1869, he was married to Miss M. Eliza Holt, of Web- 
ster. At the time of his death Mr, Cheeseman was pastor-elect of 
the Presbyterian church at Skaneateles. He began his work there 
November ist, 1885. 

His brief ministry of a little less than eleven years, was very 
active and fruitful. He was ordained after graduating from Auburn 
Theological Seminary in the class of '75, by the Presbytery of Ot- 
sego, at Sidney Plains, where he labored most successfully for two 
years. He was called to Fowlerville in 1878, and here his church 
soon experienced a most wonderful and gracious revival, resulting 
in large additions to the church. But in this field the faithul pas- 
tor overworked, and was never as well afterward, though he was 
not at any time obliged to give up the ministry entirely. At Rose 
Valley, and Mount Pleasant, Mich., where he afterwards ministered, 
his labors were signally blessed. After supplymg the pulpit of the 
Presbyterian church at Shortville for several months, he was called 
to Skaneateles. This church had been for a long t;me without a 
pastor, and they were greatly rejoiced in having found a man so 
capable, kind, and earnest. Mr. Cheeseman preached with unusual 
energy and unction to his people both morning and evening of July 
4th. On July nth he arranged to exchange with one of the pas- 
tors in Syracuse. But Saturday morning he was too ill to go, and 
the exchange was abandoned. He never preached again. Though 



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he rallied and was able to go on his vacation to the home of his 
wife's parents at Webster, he continued to grow worse until death 
ended his sufferings and his labors on July 27th, 1886. Mr. Cheese- 
man leaves a wife and one daughter and a large circle of bereaved 
relatives and friends. He was truly beloved by all who knew him. 
He was gentle and winning in manner, friendly with all, and a 
workman that needeth not to be ashamed. As a preacher he was 
earnest, plain, evangelical. He believed and preached the good 
old Gospel, and won thereby men to Christ, and strengthened the 
brethren. 

He was buried at Webster, N. Y., on Thursday afternoon, 
July 29th, from the beautiful country home of his wife's par- 
ents. The services were conducted by his warm personal 
friend, the Rev. WiUiam A. Rice, pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian 
chuich of Syracuse, assisted by the pastors of the Methodist, 
Episcopal, and Baptist churches of Skaneateles. He was tenderly \ 
carried to his grave by his faithful and devoted Session. 




Sillin\ar\ Hall ar|d Soutl:\ College. 




Jererqiati M.eacl:\aii\ Cl^rysler. 



Rev. JEREMIAH M. CHRYSLER, 

Died at Blandford, Mass., February 7, 1895. 

Jeremiah Meacham Chrysler was born at Theresa, N. Y., 
March 2, 1841. He varied his preparatory course by teaching in 
the district schools in the vicinity of his native town, finishing his 
preparation at the Jefferson County Institute at Watertown. How. 
ever, in the fall of 1862 he entered the army as a member of the 
loth N. Y. Heavy Artillery, remaining in the service until the close 
of the war. Though an artillery regiment, the loth served largely 
as infantry. They saw service at Washington ; from the Rappa- 
hannock to Cold Harbor, and before Petersburg. They were in 
the Shenandoah Valley with Sheridan, and again on the Bermuda 
Hundred front during the last wmter of the rebellion. 

He joined the class of '69 at the beginning of sophmore year. 
He entered the Auburn Theological Seminary the fall after gradu- 
ation, and completed the course there m 1872. During his last 
year in the seminary he supplied the Presbyterian church at Colla- 
mer, N. Y., and in the summer of 1872 was ordained, and installed 
as its pastor. 

During his efficient service in this place he organized a church 
at East Syracuse, N. Y., the outgrowth of Sunday school and neigli- 
borhood preaching. At its twenty-fifth anniversary held last year, 
the pastor who succeeded Mr. Chrysler, spoke of the firmness and 
strength its founder had given to the church, and stated that the 
spiritual power of its earlier years had largely determined its course 
in later years. In the new church recently dedicated is a beautiful 
memorial window to Mr. Chrysler's memory. 

While at Collamer he received an urgent call to a thriving 
church in Stillwater, N. Y., where he remained until 1889, when 
he became pastor of the Congregational church at Blandford, 
Mass. His work here was very similar to that he performed while 
at Collamer. He found at North Blandford the remnant of a church 
— a building burned, and members scattered, unfriendly, discour- 
aged. Mr. Chrysler gathered them for preaching Sunday after- 
noons, and as a result a strong church was organized and a beautiful 
place of worship built, free of debt. There is a great deal written 
nowadays about the "Decay of Churches in the New England 



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Hill Towns," but this labor of Mr. Chrysler shows that it need not 
be true. 

His death occurred at Blandford very suddenly, February 7, 
1895, the result of a severe attack of pneumonia, the illness of the 
previous year, to which he refers in his letter, having greatly im- 
paired his strength. 

He was married to Emilie Lord Knowles, of Copenhagen, N. 
Y., June 19, 1872. Two children were born to them. 

The letter following was the last communication received from 
him, and was read at the reunion in 1894. While few members 
of the class ever met him after Commencement, no one who knew 
him well in the old days, can fail to catch the spirit that breathes 
through his last message to us. 

Blandford, Mass., 

June 2ist, 1894. 

I have written in reply to a note from Dr. North, that ^it will be 
impossible for me to come to the gathering of the old class. I have a 
double parish and a great amount of work to be done in both. Just now 
we are finishing a church at my second preachin.fij place and we may 
dedicate it next week. Will certainly in a few days. Was "gripped," 
too, during the winter, and so my work got somewhat behindhand. 

The old fellows are no longer boys. You may tell them that one 
who is quite a little gray salutes them. I would dearly love to meet 
them, especially as the gathering is to be under the roof of dear Dr. 
North. May it be a long time ere he " about to die salutes " us. It was 
exceedingly kind of him to invite us to gather under his roof-tree— I 
shall feel myself a guest of his though I am many miles away. 

Give my warmest greetings to all the fellows, of whom there must 
be many left, though some 1 know have fallen in death. 

Yours very truly. 

J. M. CHRYSLER. 




Frederic Erasrus Cleveland. 



FREDERIC E. CLEVELAND, 

Died at La Junta, Col., April 2, 1884. 

Frederic Erastus Cleveland was born in the village of Madison, 
Madison Co., New York, July i, 1847. His preparation for college 
was made at the Waterville Academy, from which institution he 
entered Hamilton, September, 1865. His life-work was chosen 
even before he commenced his college course, and during this pe- 
riod he kept it steadily in view. The month following his gradua- 
tion he went to New York, where he commenced the study of 
law with the firm of Pinckney & Campbell, 78 Nassau St. He was 
admitted to the bar in April, 1870, and soon after became a mem- 
ber of the law firm of Pritchard, Smith & Cleveland, 49 Wall St. 
The partnership was a successful one. The untiring industry and 
honorable dealings of Mr. Cleveland brought him into many im- 
portant legal cases, and in them all he never forgot that he was a 
Christian gentleman. He desired success in the profession he loved 
so well; but he sought only that which was free from stain, that 
which was above reproach. He united with the LaFayelte Avenue 
Presbyterian church in Brooklyn. In this sphere of his life he found 
great pleasure, and in many ways especially endeared himself to the 
young people of the congregation. For one year he was president 
of the Young People's Association of that church, but was obliged 
to decline a re-election on account of failing health and pressing 
business cares. He was interested m politics, serving as a member 
of the Republican General Committee, and was nominated for the 
Assembly, but was unable to accept the nomination proffered. 

On October 6, 1875, ^^ ^^^ married to Catherine Sexton 
Aldrich, of Palmyra, N. Y. Two children blessed this union, 
Frederic Aldrich and Catherine. Those of us who were present 
at the decennial reunion in 1879, recall with pleasure his appearance 
then. His bright face, boyish almost in its freshness and beauty, 
gave no warning that the terrible enemy before whom Wetmore 
had fallen, and with whom King had already entered upon a hope- 
less struggle, would soon darken his own life. His quaint humor 
continually enlivened the little circle that gathered there, and his 
buoyant spirit seemed shadowed only by the thought that so few 



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of the old boys of '69 had come back. The contest that came soon 
after with his disease — consumption — was fought bravely, manfully. 
He desired hfe — life to complete in his chosen profession the work 
he had begun so well — life to cherish and foster the young wife and 
beautiful children with whom his own existence was so closely en- 
twined — life to bring forth the fruits of integrity, faithfulness, right 
eousness. When, however, the truth dawned upon him that this 
was to be denied him, he suffered on with rare gentleness and pa- 
tience until his Master called. 

After a severe hemorrhage, the end came peacefully to him on 
April 2, 1884, in the little town of La Junta, Colorado, whither he 
had gone in his fruitless search for strength. He was buried in 
the cemetery at Palmyra, N. Y. 




Psi Upsilori House 




Jotir] DyKerqar) Conley. 



Prof. JOHN D. CONLEY, Ph. D., 

Carlinville, 111. 

John Dykeman Conley, was born in Brockport, N. Y., Septem- 
ber 14, 1843. He graduated at the State Normal School at 
Albany in 1863, and in the fall of the same year became principal 
of the public school at Roslyn, L. I. He taught here until the 
spring of 1865. During the summer he finished his preparatory 
studies, and entered at the beginning of the course with '69. 

Soon after graduation he accepted a position in Blackburn 
University at Carlinville, III. In 1871 he was elected professor of 
natural science in the university. This position he held until 1887, 
when he resigned to accept the professorship of geology in the Stale 
University of Wyoming, at Laramie, Wy. Here he remained until 
1896, when he was called back to Blackburn as professor of geol- 
ogy, his present work. Both at Laramie and Carlinville his educa- 
tional work has been of a high order, the geological charts he has 
published being among the very best that have appeared on that 
subject. He has one of the most complete geological cabinets in 
the country. 

Professor Conley has been an active citizen, too, always deeply 
interested in the civic welfare of his town. For three terms he was 
elected alderman in Carlinville, and while at Laramie he was vice 
president of the Board of Trade three years and its president one 
year. He also served as vice-president of the Building and Loan 
Association of the same place. 

In the Episcopal church he has been a warden for twenty-five 
years, and a lay reader for fifteen. He was secretary of the Stand- 
ing Committee of the jurisdiction of Idaho and Wyoming for nine 
years. 

He was married March 20, 1873, to Miss Virginia Carey 
Mayo, Carlinville, 111. His son graduated at the Chicago Medical 
College in 1897, and is now practicing medicine at Oshkosh, Wis. 
His daughter is a member of the sophomore class in Blackburn, in 



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which she has the highest rank in scholarship. He received the 
degree of Ph. D. in 1888, from Blackburn University. His picture is 
from a negative taken in 1888. 
He writes : 

Well, boys, I know just how each one of you looked thirty years 
ago, although I have met few of you since that time. Still, my memory 
goes away back to '6g, and I see you as you were then. I would like to 
be with you on our thirtieth anniversary, but trust that I may have the 
pleasure of meeting with you all on our thirty-fifth or fortieth celebra- 
tion. Good-bye. A happy re-union to all. 

J. D. CONLEY. 
Carlinville, 111., May 20, '99. 




KirK Peter Craridall. 



KIRK P. CRANDALL, 

Ithaca, N. Y. 

Kirk Peter Crandall, the valedictorian of the class, was born 
in Bridgewater, N. Y., 1844. 

He studied at the West Winfield Academy, finishing his class- 
ical preparation at Whitestown Seminary. Before entering college 
he had some practical experience as a member of a surveying party 
on the Chenango canal. 

After graduation he resumed this work, having secured an im- 
portant position on the Ithaca & Tonawanda Railroad, and later 
on the New York & Boston road. Both of these places he filled 
with credit. He continued his labors as an engineer on various 
roads in the west until 1879, when an important contract took him 
to Africa. 

Mr. Crandall then went to Brazil and afterwards to Tome, Chili, 
where he remained until the Balmaceda war began, and all public 
works money was needed for the purchase of powder. He returned 
to the States and was employed in the south and west on different 
railroad enterprises until 1893, when he went to Ithaca, N. Y., be- 
ing employed as engineer by the water works and street railroad 
companies of that place. He came onto the re-union in 1894, 
and was very warmly welcomed by his classmates who had not seen 
him since i86g. He is still engaged in engineering work at 
Ithaca. His picture is from a negative taken in 1889. 



EDGAR W. CROWELL, 
Died at Rome, N. Y., April lo, 1868. 

Edgar Ward Crowell was born at Rome, N. Y., in 1847. He 
made his preparation for college at the Rome Academy, and en- 
tered Hamilton as a Freshman in the fall of 1865. 

About two weeks before the junior exhibition he left college 
to be absent a few days at his home. Very soon after his arrival 
he had an attack of scarlet fever, which, however, was not regarded 
as at all dangerous. On Junior Exhibition day it was said that a 
relapse would prevent him from being present. This proved to be 
too acute for his weakened powers, and he died from its effects 
April 10, 1868. He was buried in the cemetery of his native town. 

Crowell's was a thoroughly honest nature, always frank and 
outspoken, always warmhearted, generous and genial. Greatly was 
he missed in his college home ; missed in his class where he was 
so popular ; missed in the gatherings of the brotherhood he loved ; 
missed by a large circle of acquaintances, and missed, sadly 
missed in the home his early death so deeply darkened. 




Williair\ Lee DoWr|ir\g. 



WILLIAM L. DOWNING, 

447 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y. 

William Lee Downing, son of Roswell and Sarah Bird Down- 
ing, was born in Verona, N. Y., December 27, 1846. His early 
classical training was received in the Oneida Seminary The last 
year of his college preparation was passed in Cazenovia Seminary, 
where he had as fellow students, Burdick, Lillibridge, Searle and 
Kneeland, of the class of 1869. 

In September followmg graduation he began teaching in 
Oneida seminary, the institution in which most of his prepara- 
tion had been made. He had charge of the classical depart- 
ment. He remained here for one term and then went to 
Whitestown Seminary as teacher of Greek. This position he held 
until September, 1877, when he was selected by the Utica board 
of school commissioners as teacher of ancient languages in the 
academy. In this work he is still engaged. 

During his service at Whitestown and Utica he has assisted in 
the college preparation of the following men, whose names 
appear in the triennial catalogue of his beloved Alma Mater, 
or in the current roll of undergraduates of the college : 
Beecher, Clark, Coats, Enos, Knox, Penny, '74; Armstrong, 
Ball, Child, Cowles, George, Hyland, Keck, Knox, Lewis, 
McLean, Potter, Woods, '75 ; Allbright, Barber, Matteson, 
McClean, Stafford, '76 ; Griffith, Kimberly, Laird, Yovtchefif, '77 ; 
Adams, Scoville, Sherman, '78 ; Allen, Carter, Dunham, Get- 
man, Gorton, Jennings, Ogden, Reid, Walker, '79; Beck with, 
Curtis, Getman, Griffith, White, '80 ; Groves, Hess, Hughes, 
Moyer, Skinner, '81 ; Calder, Jones, Kendall, '82 ; Jones, '83 ; 
Maynard, '84; Marsh, '85; Garrett, Jenks, McMillan, Sicard, '86 ; 
Hemmens, Hoyt, Loomis, Rogers, Walker, '87 ; Everett, '88; Rice, 
Knowlson, Rodgers, '89 ; Hughes, '90 ; Coventry, Weaver, '91 ; 
Jones, Shepard, '92 ; Baker, Cadwallader, '93 ; Baker, '94; Balch, 
Carmalt, Chambers, Peterson, '95 ; Cookinham, '96 ; Fetterly, 
McGregor, '97 ; Butler, Cunningham, Kimball, Turnbull, '98 ; 
Callahan, Cunningham, Merwin, Owen, '99 ; F. Cookinham, R. U. 
Cookinham, '00; Bartholomew, Quinn, '01; Butler, Lewis, Miller, 



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Simon, '02 ; Beckwith, Hodges, Miller, Jackson, '03; S. Sherman, 
R. U. Sherman, Wicks, '04. 

He is a member of the New York State Teachers' Association, 
of the Utica Chamber of Commerce, of the Oneida Historical So- 
ciety, and of the Fort Schuyler and Yah-nun- da-sis Clubs of Utica, 
being a director in the latter. 

Since the death of his friend, the late James L. Lowery, of 
Utica, m 1895, he has served as one of the three executors and 
trustees of Mr. Lowery's estate. When not occupied by his duties 
and interests in Utica, he is a practical farmer, spending such time 
as he can secure upon his farm at Kenwood, N. Y. He has trav- 
eled quite generally in the States and Canada, and in 1887 was 
abroad for several months with William J. Woods, '75. 




Delta Upsilor\ House. 




George Edward Draper. 



GEORGE E. DRAPER, 
Sidney, la. 

George Edward Draper was born at Springfield, Mich., March 
28, 1847. He prepared at Dryden Academy, and entered the class 
in the Fall of 1865. 

For one year after graduation he held a position as teacher in 
the academy at Penn Yan, N. Y. He then laught some time in 
Sidney, Fremont County, la., afterwards studying law in the same 
place. Here he has since practiced his profession, his life, as he 
says, "Being the duplicate of that of any hard-working, attentive, 
country lawyer. Not much poetry about it, and not much to satisfy 
ambition for place or honor."' 

He was married at Sidney, October 23, 1873, to Ada B. Loose, 
They have had four children. 

In a letter to Dr. Foote, a resident of Sidney speaks of Mr. 
Draper as being one of the strong men of his town. He is a law- 
yer with a valuable practice and has a large property. He writes : 

Sidney, la., Nov. 6th, 1899, 

I believe I have not met one of the '69 boys since 1870, and so it 
may not seem strange that I should feel that what I am would be mat- 
ter of little interest to them I did have that thought, but when Bro. 
Foote reached first for my pastor and then for my wife, I concluded 
the boys were in earnest and I had better show up. I made a trip to 
St. Joseph and had a negative taken for the occasion ; had promise 
that the work would be forwarded the next week. The photos have 
not yet come and so I conclude not to wait longer. Should they come, 
I will brand one and send along. You would not know the subject un- 
less branded. Really, I know of nothing connected with myself, unless 
the simple fact that I am alive, which can be of the slightest interest to 
you or the boys. Measured by the usual standards, my life has been 
without success. I have held no office of importance, and am very low 
down on the ladder. Have had legislative and judicial nominaiions 
tendered to me, but have always declined. In fact, I settled down in 
this country town in 1872 and put out my shingle. Ever since I have 
plodded along, doing the things ordinarily done by country lawyers, 
until 1895, when I took charge of a great estate, which has since taken 
all my time. Measured by my own desires, ,my life has not been so bar- 
ren. I have been reasonably successful in my profession, and always 



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had plenty of true friends. I married most happily, and my home, with 
wife and three children, gives me more satisfaction than could any pre- 
ferment. So you see, considered historically, my life has been very dull 
and tame, while to me it has been quite satisfactory. 

It seems strange after thirty years' silence to be writing you. Since 
writing your name above, the old call, " Downing, Draper, Ecob " has 
been sounding in my ears and I am surprised at the memories and 
faces, long unthought of, which the old roll call brings to mind. I ought 
to have been with you last summer, and indeed I believe I would if 
the boys had been in mind then as now. I am anxious to-day to hear 
about the boys and will eagerly look for the class report. 

I have only to say now to you and all the boys, that if you should 
at any time get within reasonable distance of me and fail to make me 
a visit, I should hold resentment. 

Cordially yours, 

GEO. E. DRAPER. 




Jarqes Her\ry Ecob. 



Rev. JAMES H. ECOB, D. D., 

Gilbertsville, N. Y. 

James Henry Ecob was born at Buffalo, N. Y., September 7, 
1844. His preparation was made at the Cortland Academy.. 
He spent the summer after graduation in visiting friends, and 
in September entered the Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass. 
During his senior year he preached nearly every Sabbath in differ- 
ent places, New York, Boston, Brooklyn, Providence, Newburyport, 
Augusta, Me. He received a call to the latter place in April, 1872, 
before he had graduated from the seminary. He accepted. After 
spendmg the summer in travel, he was ordained and installed pas- 
tor of the Granite Congregational church. Among his parishioners 
was James G. Blaine. The latter, in a brief interview at Old Or- 
chard, Me., m 1884, told the secretary that he regarded Mr. Ecob 
as one of the brightest and strongest thinkers of the country in 
clerical life, and predicted for him a brilliant future. 

The class know how fully the prediction of the great statesman 
has been verified. After a pastorate here of several years he went 
to Albany, N. Y., in charge of the Second Presbyterian church, as 
successor to Professor Upson. In 1896 he accepted a call to Den- 
ver, Col. The independence of the old Freshman days, which led 
Ecob "to hurl scorn and defiance in the faces" of too inquisitive 
Sophomores, has caused vigorous discussion of his opinions in all 
Presbyterian and Congregational circles. 

Although he wrote Secretary Burdick in 1874, "I have given 
up the poetry business," he filled most acceptably the place of 
Alumni poet at the meeting of the Hamilton Alumni in 1889. It 
occasioned very deep regret to his classmates that he was called 
from Clinton by most urgent business as soon as his poem had been 
pronounced, and that he was thus unable to be present at our 
twentieth re-union, which was held on the following day. 

He has been a frequent contributor to the leading periodicals 
and religious journals of the country. Many of his sermons are 
published in pamphlet form, the brochure " God in Christ," having 
had a large circulation. He is deeply interested in the federation 



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of denominations, and was a pioneer in the movement for interde- 
nominational comity. Dr. Ecob's gifts as a religious teacher are 
well summed up by the Outlook^ " A true prophet, a man of almost 
unique spiritual power .... One of the ablest and most vital 
preachers of the whole country ; without a trace of sensationalism ; 
with a fineness of literary finish which few preachers even ap- 
proach ; with the intensity of a Hebrew prophet proclaiming the 
essential truths of the Christian Revelation." 

His summer home is in Gilbertsville, N. Y. Since his return 
from Colorado, he has lived in the vicinity of New York, engaged 
in literary work, in preaching and lecturing. He has contributed to 
Harpers and other magazines, and a volume from his pen will soon 
be ready for publication. 

" Dr. Ecob," his wife writes, " is a stay-at-home, not afflicted 
with the tape worm of travel, as Emerson puts it. He was in 
Europe in 1878 with Dr. Bradford. Since then has taken the sum- 
mer outs in America, either at sea or mountain." 

September 12, 1877, he married Helen Lathrop Gilbert. They 
have one son and three daughters. 




Tl:\orqas Warrier Fitctj. 



THOMAS W. FITCH, 

47 Broad St., New York. 

Thomas Warner Fitch was born at Greenville, 111., December 
17, 1844. His preparatory course was passed at the Oneida Semi- 
nary ; but for several years before entering college he was assistant 
teller in a bank at Syracuse. He joined the Class of 1869 about 
the middle of the first term of Freshman year. For six months 
after graduating he was an associate editor on the staff of the Syra- 
cuse Standard^ when he accepted the position of treasurer's clerk 
in the New York office of the Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad. 
Here he remained until 1875, going then to Cairo, 111., as auditor 
of the Cairo & Vincennes Railroad, and remaining there six years. 
From 1892 to 1896 he was in the General Comptroller's office of 
the Northern Pacific Railroad, part of the time in New York city, 
and a part in St. Paul, Minn. He returned to New York and bank 
work in 1896, but a few months later accepted a position with 
Francis E. Fitch, publisher and printer, in the same city. Here he 
is still employed. 

Mr. Fitch has held strong church relations wherever he has lived. 
He has served as Sunday school superintendent, as secretary of the 
board of trustees, teacher of Bible class, church treasurer and editor 
of church publications. In this labor he has found genuine pleas- 
ure and profit. 

He has been one of the healthy boys of the class, and is now 
an enthusiastic wheelman. 

He married Miss Caroline Morris, March 14, 1889. at Spring- 
field, Mass. 

A business trip in 1882 took him to the Pacific slope as far 
north as Vancouver's Island. It gave him an opportunity for 
sight-seeing not often enjoyed. 

He writes: 

" I am glad to belong to the ever glorious Class of i86g. We have 
reason to be proud of it. It gets to the front every time and stays there. 
Only recently I had occasion to look at a subscription list, which had 



65 

been started among the Alumni, at our annual re-union here in New 
York. The object was the raising of a fund to build a new dormitory 
at the college — and of the fourteen names on the list, three were mem- 
bers of our Class — or over twenty per cent. As a Class, we have a good 
record, not only in the way of successful accomplishment, but in noble 
manly living. 

The time of our re-union in June is very inconvenient for me, but 
if it is possible, I hope to meet my classmates at old college hill, on that 
happy occasion. 

My house is at No. 21 East Sgth St., New York, where I should be 
glad to welcome any member of our Class. 

Yours in old Sixty-Nine, 

THOMAS W. FITCH." 




R\'p\]a Delta Phii Hall 




Le^s^is Ray Foote. 



Rev. LEWIS R. FOOTE, D. D., 

523 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Lewis Ray Foote was born in New Berlin, N. Y., March 29, 
1844. He prepared at the Clinton Rural High School, and entered 
college in the fall of 1865. He was in the army during the civil 
war, and still bears the marks of his honorable service. 

From college life he went to New York, entering the Union 
Theological Seminary in October, 1869, with Schlager as classmate 
and chum. During his entire course in theology he had large ex 
perience in mission work in the great city. He preached in the 
chapel in Sixth avenue, New York, connected with Dr. Booth's 
church, for two years from 187 1. Late in 1873 he became pastor 
of the Throop Avenue Presbyterian church, Brooklyn. Here for 
over a quarter of a century Dr. Foote has found his life work, a pas- 
torate by far the longest of any of the members of his Class who 
entered the sacred calling He has seen the membership of his 
chuich double again and again, and the fullest material prosperity, 
as well as a broad spiritual growth has characterized his labors in 
the city of churches. 

In October, 1898, the church celebrated its Silver Jubilee, and 
the extended services connected with the occasion, showed how 
great his influence has been in building up the strong and active 
religious organization of which he is the earnest, loving and beloved 
pastor. 

Three times he has been laid up with inflammatory rheuma- 
tism, possibly a legacy from his service in the army, an illness 
which consumed thirteen months of time, but which conveyed to 
him " many valuable lessons in practical theology." 

At the Commencement of 1889, the twenty- fifth anniversary 
of his graduation from Hamilton, the college conferred upon him 
the well earned degree of Doctor of Divinity. He was married 
June 12, 1873, to Mrs. Harriet A. Wilson. 

His class letter, so full of the old time heartiness, shows that 
his affection still clings to the memories and friendships of college 
days. 



68 

52 3 Willoughby Avenue, 

Brooklyn, N. Y., May 3, '99. 
My dear Classinates: 

Our class secretary has sent each of us a set of blanks to fill out, and 
I have undertaken to place the appropriate filling to each one, until I 
now come to No. 13, "A letter to My Classmates." 

I hope to be at the re-union on the Hill, June 28th. But I realize 
that I may be in heaven or somewhere else at that time, notwithstand- 
ing my present purposes and desires, and I suppose Downing wants a 
letter, so that in the event of our absence, he will have someihing to 
present when the name is called. 

There are some things hard to realize, and one of the hardest 
things for me to realize is the fact that it is thirty years since we gradu" 
ated from the college. King died in 1881, and yet it seems only last 
summer that I met him on a bright Jime day on the Staten Island ferry- 
boat with two of his little children with him, his appearance giving 
every indication that his threatening disease was rapidly doing its fatal 
work. Cleveland died in 1884., and yet it seems only last week that I 
met him for the last time on a Fulton ferry-boat. Griggs and I have 
lived in Brooklyn for twenty-five years and we have met but few times, 
and he has been in my home but once, and that recently, co confer upon 
matters touching our re-union, and it is yet an anticipated pleasure for 
me to see the inside of his home. 

Benedict has lived in Brooklyn for some years and I have seen him 
in his home but once. So time has gone for thirty years. The breaks 
in our ranks have been comparatively few in the past, but they will be 
apt to be more frequent in the future, therefore I feel we ought all to 
get together in June to renew the old attachments. 

I came to Brooklyn in 1873 to accept the pastorate of the Throop 
Avenue Presbyterian church. We celebrated very pleasantly our Sil- 
ver Jubilee last autumn. I have been very busy and very happy in my 
life work. God has given me a great deal to do and a great deal to en- 
joy, and I am full of hope for my country, and for the world, because 
of the Gospel of Christ, and the divine purposes for mankind which it 
contains. 

Hoping to greet you all on June 28th, which I anticipate will be 
the most memorable of all our re-unions. I am 

Faithfully yours, 

LEWIS RAY FOOTE. 



JOHN C. FOWLER, 
406 Kirk Block, Syracuse, N. Y. 

John Curtiss Fowler was bom at Peterboro, N. Y., October 
23, 1845. He studied at Canastota, and entered in September, 
1865, having previously served as deputy county clerk of Madison 
county one term. 

He spent the first year after graduation as teacher of classics 
in Gen. Russell's school in New Haven, Conn. In June, 1870, he 
returned to Canastota and resumed the study of the law in the 
office of his father, Hon. Loring Fowler. He was admitted to 
practice at the General Term of the Supreme Court held at Albany, 
June, 187 1, and at once entered on the practice of his profession 
as a member of the law firm of Loring Fowler & Son. This part- 
nership was retained until 1873, when he went into the office of 
Hon. Charles Stebbins at Cazenovia. 

There he was associated with Mr. Stebbins in the practice of 
law and as assistant to the commission to revise the statutes. This 
work he continued with Commissioner Caverno, successor to Mr. 
Stebbins, at Syracuse, from 1875 to the close of the commission. 
After completing this work he remained at Syracuse, where he is 
still practicing law. 

He has pubHshed " A Supplement to the Revised Statutes of 
New York, 1888," and has compiled an "Index of the Seventh and 
Eighth Edition of the Revised Statutes," in addition to a part of 
"Throop's Justice Manual, 1880." 

He has also published numerous reviews and discussions of 
important legal questions. 

He was married May 6, 1874, to Miss Ehzabeth Hambfin 
Robertson, and is now renewing the experience of his own school 
days, in the college life and development of his three bright chil- 
dren. 

His letter to his classmates is so complete in personal detail as 
well as delightfully entertaining and suggestive, that the secretary 
entrusts to it the duty of giving to the Class of '69 the biography 
of its salutatorian : 




cJol\r\ Curtiss Fowler. 



71 

To My Classmates : 

It seems but a day since Kirk delivered our farewell to college 
life. Then again, it seems an age. Extremes meet. Measured by 
work done, it is a day. What a great thing the law of compensation is. 
Those who cannot shine by their own, may shine by borrowed light. 
So daily I am enabled to take great pleasure in pointing out to my 
callers the notables as they appear in our class picture, which hangs 
in a conspicuous place on my office wall, and which attracts much 
attention. I greatly regret that our whole class is not there repre- 
sented. Benedict, Cleveland, Crowell, Cummings, Jerome, Judson, 
Miller, Searle, Tompkins, Wells, Whiiing and Young would have ad- 
ded much to the picture. Our next record should contain a catalogue 
of the class, including the names of those who did not graduate. Mil- 
ler, president of a great western railway, gained undoubtedly by reason 
of his close application to metaphysics while at Hamilton, and Tomp- 
kins, an eminent lawyer, and one of the right bowers of that astute 
statesman, Samuel J. Tilden, during his memorable career, are still 
such bright luminaries, that those of us, who must in a large measure, 
shine by reflected rays, must of necessity insist that they no longer be 
allowed to remain in eclipse. 

One other picture I would greatly prize, that of Conley and my- 
self, seated in a lumber wagon containing our college room furniture, 
with two long-eared mules dragging us, on a September day in 1865, 
over the hills to Clinton. It is a great source of satisfaction to me 
that, through the insistence of my father and myself, Conley was in- 
duced to take a college course, a step which has resulted in so much 
honor to him, and in so much gratification to us all. 

To have been a Sixty-Niner is an honor in itself. A class always 
sound, sensible and conservative ; the pioneer, I believe, in the refor- 
mation of college customs at Hamilton. After a lapse of thirty years, 
few classes will be able to return to their Alma Mater and celebrate 
their re-union in a Benedict Hall of Languages. 

The number 6g is symbolic. Upside down it is the same. Thus, 
ready for every emergenc)', the class motto was always appropriate. 
Those who did not feel it worth their while to show their metal in col- 
lege work, won the goal in after life. I presume that there have been 
few more successful lives than that of Bissell. 

But I hear our distinguished jurist remarking, this is all very well, 
sir, but it sounds much like an attempt to imitate the southern attor- 
ney, who won his case by confining his summing up to a eulogy of the 
judge and all his ancestry. 

Well, as to myself, I have but little to add to the splendid record 
that '69 has already made. 

The forepart of the past decade was principally spent in assisting 
in the settlement of a few estates ; the latter part in fighting the after- 
effects of the grippe, which nearly destroyed my nervous system. 



writing an occasional article for the press, assisting my children in their 
studies, and transacting a small office business at 406 Kirk Block. 

An occasional visit to a sanitarium, and a delightful trip through 
Canada in 1897, and through the Eastern States in i8g8, have materi- 
ally added to my health. 

The successful taking of my elder son through four books of 
Caesar, so that he passed the Regents after repeated failures under 
other instructors, was not only exceedingly gratif^nng in itself, but it 
first introduced me to a work in which I have subsequently taken much 
pleasure. 

This elder son, Samuel R., twenty-three years of age, is now do- 
ing good work in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 
city; my younger son, Loring R., aged sixteen, is at the Riverview 
Academy, Poughkeepsie ; and my daughter, Florence E , eighteen, is 
at the Emma Willard School, Troy ; Mrs. Fowler is at present enjoymg 
fair health. We are pleasantly situated at 337 West Onondaga, and 
shall be more than pleased to welcome there at any and all times you 
and yours, and all descendants thereof. 

Wishing to each one of you a future that will enable you, like 
Franklin, to look back upon life's work with satisfaction, 

I remain sincerely yours, 
Syracuse, March 15th, 189Q. J. C. FOWLER. 

[The secretary fails to find the name of Tompkins in the roll of 
'6q, and the record shows that Miller left at the end of Freshman year. 
So the latter's success as a railroad financier cannot be ascribed to the 
study of metaphysics. Perhaps it was the escape from this training 
that secured the result. We will leave the question to those who an- 
swer Professor Upson's Gamaliel inquiry.] 




Siqu[a Pt[i Hall. 



RUFUS T. GRIGGS, 

31 Nassau St., New York. 

Rufus Theron Griggs was born at Levanna, Cayuga county, 
New York, July 29th, 1845. He attended the Auburn Academy 
several terms, and completed his preparatory studies at the Cayuga 
Lake Academy at Aurora, entering college in the fall of 1865. 
During the winters of his Freshman and Sophomore years he had 
charge of the academy at Deansville. 

The first year after graduation he taught in the Brooklyn 
Polytechnic Institute, devoting such time as was not required for 
school duties to the study of law. In Septem.ber, 1870, he entered 
the office of Judge Lucian Birdseye, No. 120 Broadway, New York 
city, teaching in the evenings of the following winter in one of the 
special schools in the city. 

He was admitted to the bar in 187 1, and at once began the 
practice of law, having his office in connection with that of Judge 
Birdseye until 1875, when he formed a partnership with Isaac S. 
Signor, '70, under the firm name of Griggs & Signor, with offices at 
No. 237 Broadway. Alter three years this partnership was dissolved 
and he continued in the old offices of the firm until 1897, when he 
removed to the Bank of Commerce building. No. 31 Nassau Street, 
where he looks after a large and valuable clientage. 

For many years he has been a member of the board of 
trustees of the Berkeley Institute of Brooklyn, an excellent school 
for young ladies, in which he is greatly interested, as are ex-Mayor 
David A Boody and other prominent citizens of Brooklyn. 

Mr. Griggs is now one of the " old residents " of Brooklyn, and, 
while loyal to his own Borough and regarded as one of its most 
substantial citizens, he was broad minded enough to be one of the 
most enthusiastic advocates of consolidation, and he is now a firm 
believer in the Greater New York. 

For many years he was one of the officers of the Middle Re- 
formed Dutch church, and was also superintendent of its Sabbath 
school. He is now connected with the Memorial Presbyterian 
church of the Park Slope. 

His vacation periods have taken him through many of the 
States and Canada, and it will always be a source of regret to the 
writer that he just missed him one August day a few years ago on 




Rufus Tlrieroq Griggs. 



the upper St. Lawrence. No one more heartily enjoys life on the 
St. Lawrence, is more familiar with its manifold beauties, or knows 
better the shoals and rocky points where the black bass linger, than 
does Griggs. He is a member of the Aurora Grata Masonic Club, 
and has been a most active and devoted Mason, having been for 
many years a member of the Commission of Appeals of the Grand 
Lodge. He was a charter member and director of the Montauk 
Club, and as a member of the building committee, he gave his best 
thought and effort to the erection of a magnificent club house, 
which is to-day one of the most complete and beautiful club houses 
in Greater New York. He will be only too happy to entertain 
there or at his home any classmate who may give him a call. 

He was married November 24, 1874, to Miss Henrietta Bange. 
At the class re-union ten years ago, he had with him the pictures 
of two beautiful children, a dark haired girl not yet in her teens, 
and a bright eyed, fair haired boy of six. In the following Novem- 
ber his home was darkened by the death of his son, the greatest 
loss which has come to him during the passing years. 

The dry details of the law have not prevented him from keep- 
ing warm his interest in literature and art, and he is a member of 
the Black and White Club, and often a guest at the house of the 
Salmagundi Club, where the artists are wont to gather. He writes: 

At last I send the " facts," which I promised so long since. I did 
hope to get some word from Brown or Wickson. but have never had 
any response from either. *■«•*** j am an enthusiastic fisherman. 
Some of the boys may possibly have the same lov^e for the sport, and 
be glad to know that I am a congenial spirit. I keep out of politics so 
far as an}' desire for office goes, but Lieut. Governor Woodruff is my 
neighbor across the avenue, and knowing him well, I can assure every 
one that he is worthy of any honor which may come to him You will 
remember that I was one of those who offered to take care of any de- 
ficiency, should there be one, in getting out the record. My word has 
always been as good as my bond, and you have only to call on me when 
the time comes. I hope to visit CUnton again this summer, and pro- 
pose to show my interest in the old college so long as I live. I was 
never a more enthusiastic Hamilton man than I am to-day. Had my 
boy lived, no other college would have had the honor of graduating 

him. 

Accept the assurance of my loyalty to Hamilton and '6g. With 
best wishes and kindest regards, I am, ever and always, 

Most sincerely yours. 

RUFUS T. GRIGGS. 




Otis Raqdall Glover 



OTIS R. GLOVER, 

905 Tacoma Building, Chicago, 111. 

Otis Randall Glover was born at Ottawa, 111, May 12, 1846. 
He prepared at the Ottawa Academy, and entered college in the 
fall of 1865. After graduating he held a position in a western 
railroad office, and continued in this work for three years. He 
then engaged in the real estate business, and later became a mem- 
ber of the Chicago Board of Trade. In addition to these interests, 
he has been largely occupied in caring for his father's property and 
the estate of his sister, the widow of George C. Campbell, Class of 
1852, and her children. 

Allen, who has often met Glover, reports him as being one of 
the active and successful business men of the windy city. All will 
enjoy his " breezy " letter. 

Chicago, Oct. 19, 1899 
My dear Downing : 

In accordance with written demand from Rev. Dr. Foote and your 
ultimatum, I enclose my deposition, covering your questions to the best 
of my knowledge and belief, oath being hereby waived. I also enclose 
my photograph, which reminds me of Lincoln when the proof sheets 
of his speech were read to him. He said it reminded him of his grand- 
father when he saw his daguerreotype for the first time. His grand- 
father said : " It's horribly like me." 

For thirty years I have done the best I could to preserve my curly 
hair, as the boys will remember it. for this particular picture. They 
can see how beautifully it has come out under my treatment Your 
questions are very searching, and they make me tell things I would 
keep to myself. 

I intended to marry soon as poss'ble after graduating, but I never 
got a chance. I intended to begin my career by going to congress, but 
no one has asked me to do so ; and now Illinois is making senators and 
governors, and the like, of such poor timber, I cannot, with due regard 
to the honor of " '69." enter politics. 

There was the navy, to be sure, but war with Spain is over, and 
we can have but one Dewey, any way. So my list of high places is all 
blanks. 

But for dear old Hamilton and the boys of " '69 " my affection has 
grown with the years. Give my love to every one of them, from A. J. 
Allen to E. J. Wickson. 

Yours, 

O. R. GLOVER. 




D'Lir(tor| Wirig Greer\field.. 



D'LINTON W. GREENFIELD, 
Rome, N. Y. 

D'Linton Wing Greenfield was born at Trenton, N. Y., June 
25, 1846. His father soon after removed to a large farm at Stan- 
wix, N. Y., near Rome, and here his early boyhood days were 
passed. He entered the Rome Academy, completing his prepara- 
tion there for Hamilton, with Crowell and Talcott of '69, as fellow 
students. 

After graduation he returned to Rome, where he assisted his 
father in tlie large busmess interests in which the latter was en- 
gaged. He always had a strong inclination to mercantile life, and 
after a year or two of prospecting, he formed a partnership in the 
book trade at Rome with John H. Wilson, '68. This proved to be 
very successful, and was continued until 1897, when Mr Wilson 
retired, Mr. Greenfield continuing the business, to which he added 
other departments. 

In addition to his mercantile interests, Mr. Greenfield has given 
much attention to real estate, and his holdings of this line of prop- 
erty are both large and valuable. He is a director of the Rome 
Savings Bank, and in this capacity he finds an almost constant de- 
mand for his time, in estimating values on which loans are sought. 
He is a member and director of the Rome Club, and a member of 
the 7>ugega Golf Club. He has suffered somewhat from rheuma- 
tism, but aside from this has enjoyed excellent health. 

He was married April 3, 1885, to Miss Georgia Schryver, of 
Rheinbeck, N. Y. He has one daughter ten years old. 

He still retains his interest in whist, and occasionally with his 
old college chum, revives the experiences of the days of '69, in 
Rome or Utica. It was a great disappointment to his classmates 
that serious illness m his family prevented him from being present 
at the re -union. On May 24, 1900, Mr. Greenfield's place of busi- 
ness in Rome was almost entirely destroyed by fire. 




Sarquel Dunqorit Halliday 



Hon. SAMUEL D. HALLIDAY, 

Ithaca, N. Y. 

Samuel Dumont Halliday was born at Dryden, N. Y., Janu- 
ary 7, 1847. He joined the Class of 1869 at the beginning of 
Sophomore year. At the close of that year he entered the junior 
class of Cornell University, and thus became a member of the sec- 
ond class graduated from that institution. 

After leaving Cornell he studied law. Upon his admission to 
the bar he formed a partnership under the firm name of Halliday 
& P^rench. In 1894 this was changed to Halliday & Denton, and 
the practice of law continued at Ithaca, N. Y., where he still re- 
sides. 

In 1874 he was elected district attorney of Tompkins county, 
and in 1876 was chosen member of assembly in the New York 
State Legislature. 

He has served as trustee of the Binghamton State Hospital 
and of Cornell University, and has been a member of the Ithaca 
school board. 

He is a director of the First National Bank of Ithaca, and is 
also a director in the Dwight Farm and Land Co., of Dakota. He 
is a trustee of the Congregational church of Ithaca. He has pub- 
lished a •• History of the Agrictiltural College Land Grant." 

June 30, 1 88 1, he married Miss Jennie Leonard. They have 
three children. 




Williarq Parsor\s Hestoi). 



WILLIAM P. HESTON, 
2901 Collingwood Ave., Toledo, O. 

William Parsons Heston was born at Batavia, N. Y., May 31, 
1847. He entered college from the East Pembroke Seminary. 

The first two years after leaving Hamilton were spent as prin- 
cipal of the Mt. Morris public school. He then entered the Cen- 
tral High School of St. Louis, Mo., as teacher of rhetoric and 
elocution. He continued his work here until 1874, when he went 
to Toledo, O., joining the wholesale grocery firm of A. H. Hatha- 
way & Co. Later he became interested in the Electric Light Co., 
of the same city. He served as manager of this business for sev- 
eral years, and for the past ten years has been manager of the 
Toledo Natural Gas Department. His duties in this work have 
been trying and laborious in the extreme, but with his rare execu- 
tive ability and talent as an expert accountant, he has given the 
best of satisfaction. He is a director in the United Storage Truck 
and Transfer Co., and treasurer of the Toledo Brush Electric Light 
Co. He IS a member of the First Congregational church and 
serves as chairman of its standing committee. He has traveled 
quite generally through the United States and Canada. 

His photograph is a copy of one appearing in the volume 
'•Men of Northwestern Ohio," and is not from a recent negative. 
He was married to Miss Gertrude May, of Toledo, O., December 
26, 1872. Mr. Heston's eldest daughter is the wife of Professor 
William McPherson, professor of chemistry in the Ohio State Uni- 
versity, at Columbus, Ohio. He is one of the few to report mar- 
riages in the second generation. 

To his classmates he writes : 

All come and see me. I love to look at your faces as I have them 
in my album of " class pictures," taken by Sarony in 1869, each picture 
with your own signature beneath it. 

Yours truly, 

WM. P. HESTON. 




Erwiri Coltoi) Hull. 



Rev. ERWIN C. HULL, 
Dresden, N. Y. 

Erwin Colton Hull was born at Auburn, N. Y. Soon after 
his birth his parents removed to South Salem, N. Y. In this place 
and at Hannibal, N. Y , his pre-collegiate Hfe was spent. He 
studied at the Fulton Academy and entered Hamilton in Septem- 
ber, 1865. 

He graduated from Auburn Theological Seminary, where his 
whole course in preparation for the ministry was taken, May 9, 
1872. On the loth day of October of the same year he was or- 
dained pastor of the Presbyterian church at Prairie du Lac, Wis. 
After three years' faithful and efficient service in this place, he 
acted as supply of the Presbyterian church at Elba, N. Y., for two 
yesiTs. His other pastorates have been at Ellsworth, Conn., 
1880-85 ; Arkport, N. Y., 1885-97, and at Dresden, N. Y., where 
he went in 1898, and where he is still engaged in pastoral work. 

The two years, from 1878 to "80, he suffered from ill health, 
and was able to do little. 

He was married July 23, 1873 to Miss Rosanna Stewart Mack. 
His household has been brightened by the birth of one daughter 
and three sons, all of whoai are living. 

His greeting to his classmates has the old ring and rhythmic 
flow of the song he wrote for the Junior Ex. supper, whose closing 
stanza is still remembered : 

" For many a year no other class 
Has left a bound we could not pass, 
Long may our rising brightness shine, 
Long live the Class of Sixty Nine.'' 

" My greetings to you all. The memories of the days on College 
Hill are very precious to me still. They often come into my life like 
whiffs of a breeze from the spice stands, and bring visions of a sunny, 
happy past. I wish every one of you abundant success in the days yet 
to come, and offer my congratulations to those who have already found 
it. May "the prize of Minerva " yet fall to you all, and the magnolias' 
flowers cheer your hearts. 

ERWIN C. HULL." 

His picture is from a negative taken in 1887. 




Tl:\eodore Cl:\arles Jeron^e. 



Rev. THEODORE C. JEROME, 

Drowned in Lake Minnipiseogee, N. H., May 28, 1886. 

The following sketch, prepared by Mr. John L. Jerome, "73, 
at the request of the secretary, is here given in full. The thanks 
of the Class of 1869 are extended to Mr. Jerome for his excellent 
service. 

The Jeromes are of Huguenot descent. It is the tradition 
that the ancestor of the first settlers m America located in the Isle 
of Wight, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. 

Theodore Charles Jerome was the second son of Reverend 
Charles Jerome, '39, born at Oxford, New York, January 31, 1850. 
His brothers and intimate friends always knew him as " Charlie " 
or "Jerry." His grandfather was Ira Jerome, who for two years 
was a student at the old Hamilton Oneida Academy. His great- 
grandfather was John Jerome, a soldier of the Revolution, who emi- 
grated from the Lenox Hills, in Massachusetts, to Pompey, New 
York, in 1796. He prepared for college at the Rural High School, 
at Clinton, while Rev. B. W. Dwight was principal. He entered 
the Class of '68 with his older brother, William R. Jerome, and was 
the youngest member of that class. He continued a member of 
'68 for two years, winning essay and second mathematical prizes. 
At the end of the Sophomore year he taught school for one year at 
Ithaca, New York, becoming a member of the Class of '69 in the 
fall of 1867. He completed his studies with the Class, but he left at 
the commencement of senior vacation for a long summer's camp- 
ing trip, and did not return for graduation. He was given his de- 
gree nunc pro tunc a little later. 

He was for two years a student at Lane Theological Seminary, 
and was graduated at Andover in '72. He was ordained for the 
Congregational ministry at his first charge, the Pacific church, in 
New Bedford, July 2, 1872, and his father had the satisfaction of de- 
livering the charge to the pastor. 

At New Bedford, June 4, 1874, he was married to Annie 
Elizabeth Swan, daughter of the late Joseph Swan, of Medford. 
They had five children. 

During his ministry of fourteen years, my brother traveled far 
and served in many fields. Professor North said once that he never 



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thought of him but the old hymn, " I am a Wandering Sheep," 
came to his mind. His frequent removais were caused only by his 
restless spirit, and love of new scenes. A locality of noted pictur- 
esque surroundings in a new State was usually the deciding reason 
which determined the selection in his varied changes. He never 
had a defection among his parishioners. On the contrary, he was 
quick to make strong friends, and the short service with many of 
his charges was partly provoked by the number of invitations which 
he received for duty elsewhere. 

In March, 1873, he resigned his pastorate at New Bedford. 
From June, 1873, to April, 1874, he was pastor of the Congrega- 
tional church at Central City, Colorado. I passed most of that 
year with him, and there began the intimate friendship which lasted 
until his death. He was the cause of my permanent residence in 
Colorado. He was one of the founders of Colorado College, an 
institution which has since grown to be a power in the west. His 
subsequent charges were as follows : 

Geneseo, 111., July 4, 1874, to May, 1875. 

San Buenaventure, Cal., June, 1875, to July, 1876. 

River Falls, Wis., fall of 1876 to spring of 1878. 

Patchogue, L. 1., (N. Y.,) spring of 1878, to June, 1881. 

Manistee, Mich., June, 1881, to July, 1882. 

Gorham, N. H., July, 1882, to April, 1885. 

WoKboro, N. H., April, 1885, to May 28, 1886 

May 28, t886, he went from Wolfboro for a day's fishing on 
Lake Winnipiseogee. His three older children, Paul, Kate and Ber- 
nard, were with him, and when last seen alive they were in a skiff 
near Kenniston's Island. It has never been known what caused the 
accident, but the boat was found bottom up that afternoon, and the 
bodies of all four, with that of Theodore Davis, a young man who 
accompanied them, were found in eight feet of water, about 
forty feet from shore. The tragedy caused a profound sensation 
in New Hampshire, as well as in the other communities where the 
victims were so well known. 

My brother improved in his profession the literary talents 
which were known in his college days. His style became an ex- 
ample of simplicity and force. He was always a hard student. He 
was a very plain man ; unconventional in the extreme in his dress 
and manners, even in the pulpit. He loved nature, and lived all 



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his life that he could out of doors. He was a skillful and en- 
thusiastic fisherman. He could get very close to the young men in 
his congregation, and was a favorite umpire in their base ball 
games. Best of all, perhaps, was his family life. There was always 
a friend or two at his table, and to his children he was the favorite 
chum. 

I sent, for comment, what I have written above to my sister, 
Irene Jerome Hood. This sketch cannot be better closed than 
by a quotation from her reply : 

"I think Annie and Irene and Rob (some day) would be glad 
to see in the brief account some allusion to what stood out really 
strongest in their father, his spirituahty. I reaUzed it more and 
more the last two years of his life. His very face changed — I said to 
Annie one day, at Gorham, ' Charlie is getting a real New Jerusa- 
lem look on his face ; is it not beautiful ? ' She, to my astonish- 
ment, began to cry, and said, ' Oh, don't say it — \feel'\t. He has 
gone way beyond me,' and she expressed more fully the saying that 
we so often laugh over, 'He is too good for earth ' 

I shall never forget the rides — long rides, of many hours, 
which I often had with Charlie and Annie. I never felt I was an 
unwelcome third. We visited, talked books, stories, out of doors, 
or were just happy." 

Dear Mr. Downing : 

I enclose a sketch of my brother Charley. Please use it as you 
deem best. I value this opportuity to perpetuate for my brother's chil- 
dren some facts in their father's career, and a word as to his sterling 
qualities, which I am sure would be endorsed by many less prejudiced 
observers. The strong praise and personal character of the sketch may 
make it seem fitting that it should be published as coming from me. 

I enclose the only late photograph which we have. He would not 
sit for a picture. This is an amateur picture taken about three months 
before his death, in his own sitting room. It is fairly good. 

I hope I have not delayed your work. I have been absent from 
my office much of the time since I first heard from you. 

Please let me know my share of the expense and reserve for me 
three copies of the book, as I should like one for myself and one for 
each of Charley's surviving children. 

Cordially yours, 

JOHN L. JEROME. 




George Exigeqe Kir^g. 



GEORGE E. KING, 

Died at Ravenna, O., June 14, 1881. 

George Eugene King was born at Ravenna, O., December 3, 
1844. He was a graduate of the Ravenna High School, Class of 
1 863. He then spent two years at Western Reserve College and two 
years at Hamilton College, where he graduated in 1869. Return- 
ing to Ravenna, he entered the law office of Messrs. Hart & Reed, 
and May 10, 187 1, was admitted to the bar. During the period 
of his legal studies he was also prmcipal of the Union School and 
was esteemed as one of the most valuable teachers ever occupying 
the position. August 16, 1871, he married Eliza H. Root. Im- 
mediately after this event he removed to Fairfield, N. Y., and re- 
mained one year as a teacher in the seminary there, a portion of 
the time as principal Toward the close of 1872 he fixed his resi- 
dence in Brooklyn and opened an office at 201 Broadway, New 
York city, continuing in practice there until his return to Ravenna, 
in March, 1881. It was a heroic undertaking for a young man 
without means or influential friends to venture into the great city, 
but he made it a success, and he was intrusted with important busi- 
ness. It is said that in his practice whenever he arose to address 
the court he was greeted with the close attention of the Judge, so 
thoroughly had he impressed his legal brethren with his solid, prac- 
tical qualities and clear knowledge of the law. In the early part 
of his residence at Brooklyn after passing the day in his office in 
New York he taught a night school, thus adding to his then slen- 
der income. He united with a Presbyterian church in Brooklyn, 
and in the Sunday school took charge of a class composed of forty 
young business men. At the beginning of 1881 his health had so 
far failed that he deemed a residence in that climate no longer pru- 
dent, so he returned to Ravenna about April ist, purchased a small 
farm and formed a law partnership with C. A. Reed, intending in a 
few years to enjoy the freedom of rural hfe, with a business asso- 
ciation which would keep him from fading out of the profession 
which he loved. But his malady had progressed farther than was 
realized. After being established in his new home he was but a few 
times on the street, and swiftly, indeed, the end hastened. 




Martir\ Dwelle Kr|eelar[d. 



Rev. MARTIN D. KNEELAND, D. D. 
175 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass. 

Martin Dwelle Kneeland was born September 24, 1848. He 
prepared for college at Cazenovia Seminary, entering the class at 
the opening of Sophomore year. 

After graduating he taught for one year, being principal of the 
academy at Southold, L. I. He then entered Auburn Theological 
Seminary, from which he graduated in 1873. During his course at 
Auburn he served as stated supply at Camillus, N. Y., and Little 
Falls, N. Y. Immediately upon graduation, he was called to be 
pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Waterloo, where he re- 
mained for nine years. While in this large, strong pastorate, he 
built two chapels for the extension of the work of the church, 
which increased greatly in membership and efficiency. 

He was called in 1882 to Fredonia, N. Y., where he spent six 
years of useful service. As Presbyterian chairman of the com- 
mittee on the Seneca Indians, he conducted a series of investiga- 
tions, which led to favorable action by the general government. 

At this time, the thriving city of the oil regions, Titusville, Pa., 
sought him out, and he was installed pastor of the First Presbyte- 
rian church of that city in 1888. Here a beautiful new church was 
completed, and large additions were made to the membership dur- 
ing this short pastorate. Protracted illness resulted, at the close 
of three years in a change to Boston, Mass., where he became pas- 
tor of the Roxbury Presbyterian church. The first year, he led his 
people from the hall where they had been worshiping, into the ele- 
gant church building which they now occupy, a monument to the 
zeal and sacrifice of pastor and people. At the close of five years' 
service, after receiving 325 into the membership of the church. 
Dr. Kneeland resigned his pastorate to undertake the secretaryship 
of a society of which he was one of the originators and in which he 
was deeply interested, the New England Sabbath Protective League. 

This strong organization has Senator G. F. Hoar for presi- 
dent ; Senator Hawley, '47, a vice-president ; Rev. Dr. W. H. 
Allbright, '76, a director, and the Rev. Dr. Frank S. Child, '75, a 



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member of the executive committee. In this position he has done 
most excellent work. He has lectured throughout New England 
before churches, schools, colleges, theological seminaries, etc., some 
900 times. With headquarters at Boston, he has been for the 
past five years the able and efficient editor of the Defender^ the only 
organ published in the interests of Sabbath reform in New Eng- 
land. In each church of which he has been pastor he has pub 
lished local histories and a church paper. He has been delegate 
to six general assembhes, and to the Ecumenical Council at Lon- 
don. His vacations have been spent largely in travel, from Canada 
to Alaska, from Washington to Santa Fe, as well as a trip through 
seven European countries. He received the degree of Doctor of 
Divinity from the college in 1888. He was married October 27, 
1875, to Sarah Lord, daughter of Rev. Dr. WiUiam H. Lord, of 
Montpelier, Vt. They have two daughters and three sons, a very 
different record from that of some of his classmates. His letter of 
greeting to them is as follows : 

" I very much desire to look into your faces after the ripening, 
mellowing process of thirty years of toil, struggle and experience. I 
presume that I see in myself a vision of the life-history of each one, 
deepened lines, bald spots, gray hairs, telling of thovight, conflict, de- 
feat, victory. All of us have passed the dead line of fifty. North was 
the last one, and I only three months ahead of him. 

I find that fifty years have sobered the ambitions of those good 
days, when we imagined we would soon " shake the world." The hori- 
zon is broader and more subdued in color, and the shadows reach far- 
ther down the decline. The joy of to-day is richer and deeper than of 
yore — while it clings to the memories of the past with growing delight, 
it revels in the friendships of the present and anticipates the glories of 
the future. 

Hoping to meet many, if not all of you, in the Hall of which '69 
is especially proud, I am yours for old Hamilton, 

M. D. KNEELAND." 



Judge WILLARD M. LILLIBRIDGE, 

45 Moffat Building, Detroit, Mich. 

Willard Merrick Lillibridge was born at Taberg, N. Y., April 
26, 1846, where he passed his early life. He studied at the Whites- 
town and the Cazenovia Seminaries, and entered college in 
September, 1865. He was absent during the greater part of 
Sophomore year, when he taught in the Brooklyn Polytechnic 
Institute. 

Soon after graduating he assumed the duties of Principal of 
the Academy of Plattsburg, N. Y., with the general supervision of 
the primary schools of the town. Remaining in this place until 
1871, he went to St. Louis, Mo., in the dual capacity of law 
student and teacher. Upon his admission to the bar he decided 
to locate in Detroit, Mich. Here, in the practice of his profession, 
he has been successful in a marked degree. Almost at the begin- 
ning of his legal career he won several important victories in the 
court room, notably one over the principal law professor in Michi- 
gan University. The manner in which he handled these cases 
attracted attention in legal circles and soon secured for hiin a 
valuable clientage. 

For five years he was the head of the firm of Lillibridge & 
Latham, but with this exception he has had no legal partner- 
ship. In 1893 he was elected Circuit Judge of Wayne County, 
Mich. During his six years' service in this position a large num- 
ber of important cases were tried in his court. Many of his de- 
cisions, expressed in the terse, vigorous style for which he was 
famous in the old college days, have been published and have taken 
high rank in the legal archives of the State. 

He served as member of the Board of Education of Detroit 
several terms and was a trustee of the Teachers' Retirement Fund 
four years. 

He has been an active business man, as well as a hard-working 
lawyer, serving in several large corporations as Vice-President and 
Secretary. He has travelled quite extensively in the United States 
and Canada, including a trip to the Pacific Coast in 1896, and 
through the mountain provinces of Canada in 1897. 

He is an attendant at the Presbyterian Church. October 5, 



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1 882, he married Miss Katherine Hageman of New York City 
Of his three children two are living, his younger son, Joseph H., 
dying at the age of two years. His term as Judge closed Decem- 
ber 31, 1899. The Detroit Free Press chronicled the event as 
follows : 

His Honor, Judge Willard M. Lillibridge, who steps down from 
the Wayne Circuit Court bench to-morrow, retires in the enjoyment of 
the esteem and respect of his colleagues, the members of the bar and 
the public. For six years he has performed the duties of his important 
office with ability and impartiality. He has proved a careful, conscien- 
tious and painstaking judge, dignified as becomes one in his position, 
but always courteous and obliging, ever v/atchful to guard the inter- 
ests of those in litigation and striving to deal out even-handed justice. 
His record on the bench is one to which he may look back with pride. 
The address presented to him by the jury of the Circuit Court on being 
dismissed for the term a few days ago is strong evidence of the good 
impression he made on those who sat, day after day, watching him per- 
form his duties as a judge and as presiding judge of the Wayne Circuit 
Court. 

The county is honored in the selection and service of such men in 
positions that are vitally related to the perpetuation of the American 
theory of free government and the fulfillment of its guarantees of the 
rights and privileges and protections for the individual. 

There is no grander guerdon for the incorruptible and highminded 
official than the approving acclaim of the people whose interests he has 
conserved in the impartial discharge of his duties. Such a reward is 
the happy portion of Judge Lillibridge in doffing the ermine. The 
warmest sentiments of gratitude and good will attend the completion 
of his record of unsullied service in an exalted position, coupled with 
the wish for ample success and compensations in all his future en- 
deavors. - ' 

Judge Lillibridge has announced that he will resume the practice 
of his profession in Detroit. He is still a young man, and in the ordi- 
nary course of events he has yet many years of usefulness before him. 




Corrielius Evarts LxicKey- 



CORNELIUS E- LUCKEY, 
Knoxville, Tenn. 

Cornelius Evarts Luckey was born at Jonesboro, Tenn., Feb- 
ruary 25, 1842. His preparation was made at the village school, 
and he entered Emery and Henry College, Va., in i860. At the 
end of eight months passed in that institution, with other kinsmen 
and college mates he entered the Confederate army remaining in 
the service until peace was declared in 1865. The following year 
he entered Hamilton joining the Class of '69, then Sophomores 

After the final examinations of his class were held, he did not 
wait for the exercises of Commencement Day, although he had 
secured a scholarship honor, and an appointment as prize debater, 
but at once began the study of law in the office of Hon. T. H. R. 
Nelson at Knoxville, Tenn. He was admitted to tlie bar in 1870. 
Since that time he has continued the practice of his profession in 
Knoxville, in which field he has been very successful. He is the 
senior member of the firm of Luckey, Sanford and Fowler, one of 
the best known law firms in eastern Tennessee. He has been 
largely interested in various business enterprises and has held 
numerous offices of trust in connection with them. He is a mem- 
ber and elder of the 4th Presbyterian church of Knoxville. 

He was married July 29, 1874, to Miss Julia O Sims, of Dal- 
ton, Georgia. They have one daughter. " I was thoroughly 
' loyal ' during the late Spanish war," he writes, " and regretted 
deeply that I could not go to the front. Am in favor of expansion." 




Rice Macauley. 



RICE MACAULEY, 

Stanley, N. Y. 

Rice Macauley was born at Stanley, N. Y., March ist, 1846. 
He prepared for college at Canandaigua Academy and entered 
Hamilton in June, 1865. 

Soon after graduation he became the proprietor of the Onta- 
rio Nurseries located at Stanley, Ontario Co , N. Y. He devel- 
oped into an extensive grower of fruit and ornamental trees, 
shrubs and vines. To this business he added mercantile and dairy 
farming, the product from his creameries being among the finest 
produced in Western New York. 

During President Cleveland's second administration he was 
appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue of the Rochester 
district, in which position he remained until February i, 1899. He 
is a Democrat still. With his family he attends the Presbyterian 
church. He was married May 31, 187 1, to Miss Catherine A. 
Vosburg. He has one daughter. 




Cl:\i Psi Lodge. 



ROSWELL MILLER, 

Chicago, 111. 

Roswell Miller entered college from Auburn, N. Y. He re- 
mained but one year. He then went to Chicago, 111., and engaged 
in railroad enterprises. In this business he has achieved large suc- 
cess. He is now president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. 
Paul Railroad and a director in the Continental Bank of Chicago 
On November i6, 1893, he married Miss Mary L Roberts. They 
have two children. In 1885 he received his degree nunc pro tunc 
from Hamilton. 

Mr. Miller is one of the strong men of the West. His influ- 
ence in shaping the railroad policy of the country is broad and 
positive. It is a source of deep regret that his photograph could 
not be secured for this volume, although strenuous etforts were 
made to do so. 




Root Hall. 



S. N. DEXTER NORTH, 
70 Kilby St., Boston Mass. 

Simon Newton Dexter North, son of Dr. Edward North, of 
Hamilton College, was born on College Hill, Nov. 18, 1848. His 
preparatory work was done at the Clinton Rural High School. 

In July, 1869, before the ink was dry upon his Commencement 
oration he began work as an editor on thestaff of the Utica Morn- 
ing Herald. For three years and a quarter he had charge of the 
literary department of this paper, and in the winters of 1872 and 
1873 he was special correspondent of the Herald in Washington. 
In December, 1872, he obtained a proprietary interest in the Her- 
ald., becoming a member of the firm of Ellis H. Roberts & Co. 
During the next year his eyes gave him serious trouble, and he 
started on a tour to regain his health. He left New York in a sail- 
ing vessel for Gibralter returning after a four months' voyage very 
much improved. While in Utica he was a member of the Fort 
Schuyler Club, and of the Oneida Historical Society. In 1885 he 
went to Albany as editor of the Albany Morning Express., being 
president of the ^jc/r^fj-j Publishing Co. He remained here four 
years. In Albany he was a member of the Fort Orange Club. 

At the end of three years it was a great surprise to those who 
had watched his brilliant career as a journalist, to learn that he 
had accepted the position of secretary of the National Association 
of Wool Manufacturers. This took him to Boston, and as he 
writes, "out of the best and biggest of states in which I had always 
hoped to live and die.'' 

He has published in connection with his work in Boston, ten 
volumes of the " Bulletin of the National Association of Wool 
Manufacturers.'' 

" The Wool Book ''—1892 and 1895. 

"A Century of American Wool Manufacture." 

" Factory Legislation in New England," besides numerous 
public addresses. 

He acted as special agent of the Tenth Census for newspapers 
and the periodical press ; and of the Eleventh Census for statistics 




Sirqoq Ne-wtoq Dexter Nortti. 



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of" wool manufacture. He was the author of the extensive reports 
pubHshed on those subjects. He is a trustee of the Brookhne Pub- 
lic Library and a member of the U. S. Industrial Commission. 

An opposition paper, the Utica Observer, which had in the 
seventies frequently writhed under his lashings, and which is and 
doubtless always will be the admired exponent of the economic 
views of Burdick and Macauley recently stated : " In his position 
as spokesman of the wool manufacturers, North has written some 
terrible stuff on the tariff, terrible, but, egad, he did it well." How 
strongly Mr. North has impressed his personality upon the places 
in which he has Hved is strikmgly shown in an extract from the 
same paper : 

" It goes to the credit of census commissioner Merriam that he 
tried hard to get and succeeded in getting S. N. Dexter North, of Clin- 
ton, Utica, Albany and Boston, (for none of these towns has ever con- 
sented to give him up) to be m charge of the division of manufacturing 
and mechanical industries in the coming census work. Mr. North was 
at work with the industrial commission and the President had to be ap- 
pealed to to get his transfer to the important post he now holds. It 
was held that his services were needed in the census bureau His 
ability had been attested by earlier service there. 

" Dexter North is one of our own. Nothing good happens to him 
without its giving joy to all his old friends in Utica " 

July 8, 1876, he married Miss Lillian S. Comstock, daughter 
of Hon. Calvert Comstock, of Rome, N. Y. 

In 1894 he went to Europe with his wife, two sons and two 
daughters. He left them in Germany, and the followmg year he 
again went abroad to bring his family home. 

At the re-union his genial humor supplementing his father's 
gracious hospitality continually enlivened the meeting, and revealed 
to his classmates at least one of the elements which have contrib- 
uted to his successful career of usefulness and honor. 




Eliot Robertsoq Paysoq. 



Prof. ELIOT R. PAYSON, Ph. D., 

New Brunswick, N. J. 

Eliot Robertson Payson was born at New Hartford, N. Y., 
February 24, 1846. His preparation for college was made at the 
Utica Free Academy and he entered Hamilton in the fall of 1862. 
Defective eyesight compelled him to leave college for three years, 
when he joined the Class of '69 at the beginning of Junior year. 

Since graduation he has followed the profession of teaching. 
He taught six months at Charlton, N. Y., as principal of the High 
School there ; two and one-half years at Homer, N. Y., as teacher 
of mathematics in the Cortland Academy ; one year as principal of 
Evans Academy at Peterboro, N. Y., and four years as teacher of 
classics in the Academy at Utica. 

He left Utica in April, 1876, spending the next three years at 
Leipsic and Berlin, Germany. Upon his return to America he 
was chosen principal of the Binghamton High School, which posi- 
tion he held with marked success for twelve years. He then went 
to New Brunswick, N. J., as head master of the Rutgers College 
Preparatory School, and professor of the art of teaching in Rutgers 
College. These positions he still holds. He has visited Europe 
twice since his return in 1876, passing two of his long vacations in 
this way. He married Miss Lillian Corbin, of Oxford, N. Y., 
July IS, 1882. 

While in Binghamton, he was a member of the Binghamton 
Club, and in New Brunswick he belongs to the Union Social Club, 
the New Brunswick Historical Club, the School Masters' Club of 
New York, the New Brunswick Golf Club, and is a trustee of the 
Rutgers College Athletic Association. 

He received the degree Ph.D. from Rutgers College in 1894. 
Like his classmate, Mr. North, Professor Payson has always 
strongly impressed his personality upon the places in which he has 
lived. He has enjoyed the confidence, affection and disinterested 
praise of his students, fellow teachers and neighbors and has always 
been recognized as a public spirited and valuable citizen. 




Fraricis Coqtarir|a Pope. 



FRANCIS C POPE, 

Died in Chicago, 111., May i, 1892. 

Francis Contarina Pope was born in Syracuse, January 28, 
1848. His preparation for college was made under the tuition of 
Rev. Dr. Clark of that city. He passed his entrance examination 
in the fall of 1865. 

After graduation he entered the office of the Syracuse Coffee 
and Spice Mills, where he remained some months. He then went 
to Europe, and upon his return secured a position in the Union 
Square National Bank of New York. Later he removed to 
Chicago as junior member of the wholesale grocery firm of Day, 
Allen & Co. 

In 1 89 1 he succeeded the late George A. Porter, '66, as 
president of the Porter Manufacturing Co. of Chicago, He died 
in that city May i, 1892. He was married May 9, 1882, to Miss 
Bettie Hamilton, of Chicago, who survives him with her two chil- 
dren. 

Though he met some business reverses, Mr. Pope succeeded 
in accumulating a iine property and at the time of his death pos- 
sessed a handsome competence. He was large-hearted, liberal, 
genial and kindly in his associations with his fellow men, qualities 
which secured for him a large circle of true and devoted friends. 




ildelbert Jay Sctilager. 



Rev. ADELBERT J. SCHLAGER, D. D., 

Binghamton, N. Y. 

Adelberi Jay Schlager was born at Hunter, N. Y., June 28, 
1846. He entered college from Cortland Academy, where his 
preparation lor college was chiefly made. 

His interesting letter is so complete that it makes his biog- 
raphy easy editing : 

In the fall of 1869, after leaving Hamilton, I went to Union 
Theological Seminary, not so much that I needed the training, but 
that Foote needed my protectmg care, which was assiduously 
given him. For three long years I not only looked after his theo- 
logical training, but guarded him in every way possible, and have 
no doubt but that his great success as a " Greater New York ' 
pastor is, in large measure, due to my watchful care, though I am 
sorry to say that c^f late he seems to know more about Mormonism 
than I ever meant that he should. I think, however, that it is 
only " a fluke," and that he will return to the ways that have given 
him success. 

After leaving the Seminary and Foote, I had become so ac- 
customed to having " a wife " that I took upon me the care of a 
real one for life. I never could understand that " for better or for 
worse.'' A man must be a consummate fool that does not make 
at least a mental reservation on that " for worse." I did more. I 
ehminated it entirely, and have been enjoying only the "better" 
for these twenty seven years. My first charge was at Pleasant 
Mount, Pa. ; this with Uniondale, four miles distant, constituted 
my parish. It was a field which none but a young man with 
a superabundance of vitality ought to try to cultivate. The 
winters were something terrible, and after remaining there for 
three years I thought discretion the better part of valor and 



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left for Scranton, Pa., where I took charge of a mission. I shall 
never forget some of the incidents of that three years at Pleasant 
Mount — some of them sad and some otherwise. I recall now 
one Sabbath, after returning to my home after the morning 
service, and while I was preparing to go to Uniondale for an 
afternoon service, a young man, accompanied by a blushing 
damsel, drove into my yard and rapped at the door Upon my 
appearance he said he was in search of a clergyman who would 
pronounce them husband and wife. After sundry questions I in- 
vited them in and proceeded to marry them after the most approved 
fashion. Turning to me after the ceremony, and thrusting his 
hand into his pocket, he asked me what I charged for "such jobs." 
The lights and the shadows of those early days will ever remain 
with me. Not findmg the work at Scranton a congenial one, after 
a year's work there I went to Lanesboro, Pa., and for two years 
was a "free lance," filHng engagements as they presented them- 
selves. 

In the summer of 1878 I received a letter from my old 
friend David J. Burrill, (now pastor of the Fifth Avenue Collegiate 
Church, New York City), asking me whether I would accept a po- 
sition in the German Theological Seminary of Dubuque, Iowa. I 
answered, " No !" Directly on the heels of this he sent me a tele- 
gram to pack my babies and kittens and come on. I went, not 
because I had any idea of staying, but simply to inquire into the 
mental condition of my old friend who could not understand that 
No ! did not mean Yes ! At short range, with his blandishments, 
he overcame my opposition, and I became the Professor of He- 
brew and Greek Exegesis and the President of the Seminary. 
There I remained for ten years, and only on account of the death 
of my father did I turn my face eastward. 

Since 1888 I have been devoting myself almost exclusively to 
matters of business. I am living at Binghamton, N. Y., am presi- 
dent of the City National Bank of Susquehanna, Pa., and treas- 
urer of the Binghamton Trust Co., where I am devoting most of 
my time. Am quite largely interested in acid works. Am a 
farmer and breeder of Jersey cattle. This farmer business is a 
lucrative one, though I do not advise any one to engage in it un- 
less he has the backmg of a bank. I have three children, one 
married. My boys are all girls. I am pretty well, thank you, and 



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with many kind regards to the old boys of '69, I send my picture 
of how I look in the now. Schlager. 

Dr. Schlager was married June 26, 1872. Rev. Dr. Lewis Ray 
Foote, his old classmate and chum, performing the ceremony. He 
received the degree of D. D. in 1882. 




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Ctiarles Heqry Searle. 



CHARLES H. SEARLE, 
Martin Building, Utica, N. Y. 

Charles Henry Searle was born in the town of Brookfield, 
Madison county, N. Y., June 23, 1842. He prepared for college 
at Whitesboro and Cazenovia, intending to enter the Class of 
1868. In the spring of 1864, however, he enlisted as ist lieuten- 
ant in the 189th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vol., remaining in the army 
until mustered out in 1865. He passed his entrance examination 
in September, 1865. 

In December, 1867, he left college and commenced the 
study of law in Rome, N. Y., but returned in the fall of 1868 
and graduated with the Class. He at once resumed the study 
of law in Syracuse and was admitted to the bar in 1870 After 
a short practice in Leonardsville, N. Y',, he removed to Utica, 
where he formed a partnership with ex-District Attorney Daniel 
Ball, "57, under the firm name of Ball & Searle. Since Mr. Ball's 
death, with the exception of a short partnership, he has practiced 
alone in Utica, his present office being in the Martin building. 

In 1888 Mr. Searle was the citizens' candidate for mayor, 
but, unfortunately fo; ihe city, failed to be elected. In 1890 
he was elected commissioner of schools, a position he held for 
three years To this work he gave an earnest and dihgent at- 
tention, and during his term of office many important and valuable 
changes were effected in the school systems of the city. 

He is a member of the Grand Army Association of Utica and 
of the Utica Chamber of Commerce. 

In April, 1898, he was appointed poHce and fire commis- 
sioner by Mayor Kinney. The appointment was most heartily en- 
dorsed by all classes of citizens, who knew Mr Searle to be hon- 
est, capable, fearless. He was most strenuously urged to accept 
the position, but the demands of his profession were so strong that 
he was obliged to decline, greatly to the disappointment of mayor 
and people. He is, as of old, one of the most eloquent orators in 



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Central New York. In fact, no man in Utica is so often sum- 
moned when a good speech is desired. 

In December, 1876, he married Miss Annie M. Pier. In 
July, 1879, Mrs. Searle died leaving one son. Homer Wellington 
Searle. On June 18, 1885, he married Miss Alice L. Holchkiss. 
His family now consists of his wife, one son and three daughters 
He lives at 13 Kemble street. *' And," he writes, ''if the pilgrim 
feet of any of my classmates, on the way to the old home on the 
hill, halt at my door, it will open in cordial welcome. My affec- 
tionate greeting to every sixty-niner." 




Carqpiis, Lool^irig Norrl:\ 



Dr. SELDEN H. TALCOTT, Ph. D., 

Middletewn, N. Y. 

Selden Haines Talcott, son of Jonathan Talcott, was born in 
Rome, July 7, 1843. He was a student at the Rome Academy 
when Professor Oren Root was its principal, and passed his en- 
trance examination in July, 1864. 

Shortly after this he enlisted in the 15th Regt., N. Y. Vol- 
Engineers, and was present at the battle of Gettysburg. At the 
close of the war he returned to Hamilton, joining the Class of 1869. 

Soon after graduation he began the study of medicine with 
Dr. E. A. Hunger, of Waterville. He also took a course at the 
New York Homoeopathic Medical College, from which institution 
he graduated March 3, 1872, with the highest standing in a class 
of thirty-six, Laird, the valedictorian of '68, being one of the 
number. He at once formed a partnership with his former pre- 
ceptor, Dr. Munger, which was continued until 1875. He was 
then chosen chief of staff of Ward's Island Hospital. This posi- 
tion he filled with that of Medical Superintendent of the New York 
City Asylum for Inebriates and that of Medical Director of the 
Soldiers Home of New York city for three years. 

In 1877, from a large number of candidates, he was appointed 
Superintendent of the Middletown State Homoeopathic Hospital 
for the Insane. For this peculiar and delicate work Dr. Talcott 
was eminently fitted in temperament, energy and spirit. For 
twenty-two years he has given it his best powers, his whole heart, 
and he has come to be regarded as one of the strongest and most 
progressive physicians of our State. 

He is held as one of the best authorities on mental diseases 
in the country, having been called to Washington in 1882 to give 
expert testimony at the trial of Guiteau. the assassin of President 
Garfield. 

He has published a large number of works on medical sub- 
jects, among them being: 

"Prognosis in Insanity;" "Medical Notes in the Treatment 
of Mental and Nervous Diseases;" "Application of New Reme- 
dies ;" '' Homoeopathic Treatment of the Insane ;'' " Traumatic 




Selderi Haiqes Talcott. 



Il9 

Insanities and Traumatic Reveries;" "Revision of the Laws Re- 
lating to the Commitment. Care and Discharge of the Insane ;" 
*• Dietetics in the Treatment and Care of Insanity;" '"The Insane 
Diathesis ;" " Sleep without Narcotics ;" " General Paresis ;" 
"The Hospital Idea." 

He has also published annually comprehensive reports of the 
institutions under his charge. 

He has been abroad three times, in 1883, in 1888, in 1891^ 
and has been in over half the states and territories of our own 
country. 

While living in Waterville Dr. Talcott was an elder in the 
Presbyterian church, and for the past fifteen years has been a 
trustee of the First Presbyterian church of Middletown. 

He established and still supports the prize system in the 
Waterville High School, and each year the Oneida county papers 
contain full accounts of the " Talcott Prize Exhibition in Oratory." 

He was married June 10, 1873, to Miss Sarah Abbe Munger, 
daughter of Dr. E A. Munger, of Waterville, N. Y. 



ROBERT B. TURNER, 

Died in Clinton, N. Y., June 9, 1868. 

Robert Barclay Turner was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 
21, 1848. His early boyhood was passed in Clinton, and his pre- 
paration for college was made at the Rural High School where he 
had as fellow-students, Foote, Jerome, North, Pinney, Fake and 
Young, of the class of 1869. 

A few weeks after the Junior exhibition he suffered from an 
attack of typhoid fever, aud a relapse occurring, he died from its 
effect June 9, 1868. During his illness he was tenderly cared for 
by his old friends from the Rural High and other classmates. 

The sudden darkening of his young life with the hopeless 
eclipse of all its promises, plans and aspirations was unspeakably 
sad, and his death seemed to take to itself a deeper sorrow from 
the peculiar time and circumstance of the event. He was laid at 
rest in the College cemetery and his classmates erected there a 
monument to his memory. Turner's grave has always been a spot 
of loving care and interest to them, and when in June last they 
again stood around it, they saw that the widowed mother, who had 
cherished for thirty years the sainted memory ot her only boy had 
at last been laid beside him. 




Heriry Hurit Wells, Jr. 



HENRY H. WELLS, Jr., 
Died in Washiington, D. C, February 27, 1894. 

Henry Hunt Wells, Jr., was born at Detroit, Mich., July 4th, 
1848. He prepared for college at Jacksonville, Fla., and entered 
in the fall of 1865. 

Immediately upon leaving college he began the study of law 
in his father's office at Richmond, Va., and was admitted to the 
bar in May, 1870. He at once assumed charge of the office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Virginia, his father hold- 
ing the position at that time. In September, 1870, he was ap- 
pointed assistant U. S. Attorney by Attorney General Ackerman. 
He held this place until December, 1870, when he was appointed 
by the President U. S. Attorney in the place of his father, resigned. 
He filled the office one year. At the end of that time he returned 
to the practice of law, having his office in " Shafer's Building," 
Richmond. He was a delegate to the Republican National Con- 
vention, held at Philadelphia, Pa., in June, 1872. In 1874 he 
moved to Washington, and in 1875 was appointed assistant U. S. 
Attorney for that district, a position he held several years. 

He was married to Miss Kate E. Morgan, of Glens Fall, N. 
Y., March 12, 1872. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. 
Fennell and Professor Anson J. Upson, the latter a cousin of the 
bride. 

Mrs. Wells died in April, 1889, leaving two sons and two 
daughters. Mr. Wells continued his residence in Washington, 
practicing his profession after his term as U. S Attorney closed, 
until his death, which occurred February 27, 1894. He was buried 
at Rock Creek cemetery, Washington, D. C. 




Chiarles Augustus Wetrr\ore. 



CHARLES A. WETMORE, 

Died at Jefferson, N. H., July 6, 1874. 

Charles Augustus Wetmore was born in Norwich, N. Y., No- 
vember 8, 1843. He entered college with health seriously injured 
by service in the army of the Union. In September, 1869, he en- 
tered the Auburn Theological Seminary. Finding that he was dis- 
abled for preaching by a serious asthmatic affection, he became a 
teacher. In March, 187 1, he accepted a call to the charge of the 
academy at Leicester, Mass. Here he labored for three years, and 
in spite of his broken health he won for himself the highest respect 
as a thorough teacher, a scholar of refined tastes and large culture, 
a high-minded and useful citizen. Neither bodily weakness nor 
severe suffering could quench the ardor of his nature, his hopeful- 
ness and high resolves. He kept himself in full sympathy with 
every sincere endeavor to enlarge the field of human attainment. 
Professor Wetmore was no mere routine teacher, following a well- 
beaten track, and content with exercises performed mechanically. He 
sought to awaken in his pupils' minds an interest in their studies akin 
to his own, that it might be in them a self-moving force, and insure 
their successful attainments. So he studied them, while they studied 
their books : studied their dispositions, tastes and mental qualities, 
and their moral characters and aims not less. He watched them 
carefully and patiently, to discover if he might the secret spring 
which should open mind and heart, unlock their faculties, and show 
them the fountains of knowledge and honorable excellence. He 
was not discouraged though the soil proved hard and unyielding at 
first, and seldom failed to see the good results of his methods. The 
manner of his death was in strict accordance with the whole course 
of his life. Death came to him while still hopeful, still forming 
plans of work for himself, and aspiring to do good and great things 
in the earthly life which he beheved was yet in' store for him with 
renovated powers. He had fought his persistent and fatal disease 
through long months of pain, had never surrendered, never despair- 
ed. His last day on earth was a hopeful and happy one. Sudden- 
ly the supreme movement came to him, and, as by a shot on the 
field of battle, he fell, a brave and constant soldier to the last, at 
Jefferson, N. H., July 6, 1874. He married S. Adeline Pollard, of 
Seneca Falls, N. Y., March 21, 1874. They had one daughter. 




Williarq Henry Wb|inr|g. 



WILLIAM H. WHITING, 
Rochester, N. Y. 

William Henry Whiting was born at Lyndeborough, N. H., 
June 3, 1842. He entered Hamilton in the Class of 1869 at the 
beginning of the second term of Senior year. 

In September after graduating he entered the Junior Class of 
Auburn Theological Seminary where he remained until the follow- 
ing January. He then went to Rochester, N. Y., in which city he 
had accepted the position of Principal of the schools of the West- 
ern House of Refuge. He continued this work until August, 1876, 
when he resigned and entered the law department of Hamilton 
graduating with the Class of 1877, being admitted to practice in 
all of the courts of New York State, April 30, 1877. Shortly after 
his admission to the bar he made a business engagement with the 
law firm of J. & Q. Van Voorhis, of Rochester. Later he opened 
an office of his own and now has a large and lucrative practice. 
His legal business has called him to all parts of the United States 
and Canada. 

His health has been uniformly good with the exception of a 
severe attack of typhoid fever in the fall of 1874. He is one of 
the heavy weights of '69 — belonging to the 200 class. 

Mr. Whiting is an earnest and loyal Free Mason, and is one 
of the strong men of that order in this State. June 24, 1897, he 
was appointed Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of Free and 
Accepted Masons of the State of New York, which honorable po- 
sition he still holds. 

He married in January, 1874, Carrie V. Andrews, a graduate 
of the Rochester Free Academy, and a teacher in the public 
schools of the city. He has one daughter. 



Prof. EDWARD J. WICKSON, 
University of California, Berkeley, Cal. 

Edward James Wickson was born Aug. 3, 1848, in Rochester, 
N. Y. He prepared for college in that city, and at the Toronto, 
Canada Grammar School. He entered with the majority of the 
class in the fall of 1865. 

Soon after graduating he went into his father's foundry and 
manufacturing establishment at Lyons, N. Y., where he remained 
until they were burned out in the fall of 1870. Following this dis- 
aster, he accepted a place upon the editorial staff of the Utica 
Morning Herald, which was at that time the recognized organ of 
the newly developed export cheese industry of Central New York. 
His devotion to the mterests of this industry and his executive 
ability were recognized by the dairymen, and he was elected in 
187 I to the secretaryship of the New York Dairymen's Association, 
and in 1873 to the presidency of the Utica Dairymen's Board of 
Trade, a producers' selling organization which handled a large 
part of the export cheese. In 1874 to 1875 he was a leading 
speaker at State Dairymen's Conventions from Vermont westward 
to Illinois. This work attracted the attention of the publishers 
of the Pacific Rural Press, and a liberal inducement on their part 
took him to California in November, 1875. 

In 1876 he organized the first dairy association in California, 
and in 1879 was one of the organizers of the State Horticultural 
Society, and was elected secretary ot the organization — a position 
held continuously since that time. Professor E. W. Hilgard, who 
was placed at the head of the College of Agriculture at Berkeley 
in 1875, and was greatly advancing the efficiency and popularity of 
the institution, recognized the fitness of Professor Wickson to as- 
sist him, and in 1879 he was elected lecturer on dairy husbandry in 
the University, and was afterwards given a broader field in the lec- 
tureship on practical agriculture. In 1887 the superintendency of 
the agricultural grounds of the University was added to his duties, 
and in 189 1 he was again promoted to the associate professorship 
of agriculture, horticulture and entomology, and given charge of 




Edward JaiTjes WicKsoi]. 



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Farmers' Institute work. This position he held until his elevation 
to the professorship of agricultural practice. The title has been 
made thus broad because at present Professor Wickson gives in- 
struction in dairy and stock farming and the growing of field crops, 
as well as in horticulture, though he has advanced most rapidly in 
public recognition as a horticulturist through the wide popularity 
of his book, " Cahfornia Fruits and How to Grow Them,'' which 
has gone through two large editions, with the third published in 
1899. A companion work, " California Vegetables in Garden and 
Field," was published in 1898. 

Aside from these strictly professional services he has been 
identified with the California Microscopical Society since 1877, and 
has served several terms as secretary and president of that organ- 
ization. On the organization of the California Floral Society in 
1888 he was chosen president, and was continuously re-elected 
until his resignation was accepted in 1900. He has served since 
1895 as a school director of the city of Berkeley and was elected 
president of the board in 1899. 

He married Ednah Newell Harmon, in California, April 27, 
1875. His letter to Dr. Foote reveals some of the difficulties of' a 
class secretary. 

University of California. 

Department of 

University Extension in Agriculture. 

Berkeley, California. 

Rev. Dr. Lewis Ray Foote, 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Dear Dr. Foote : —This whole business has been shameful on my 
part, and I am humiliated by it. I have intended no disrespect to 
Downing, Griggs or yourself, but I have what I must perhaps concede 
to be a morbid dislike of auto-biographical work. If a man does any- 
thing that will stand, it will stand in spite of him ; if he does not, no 
bolstering will keep it vertical. I have therefore postponed the whole 
matter from time to time, but always expecting to make suitable ac- 
knowledgment of the remarkable kindness and patience of my class- 
mates who have written. I never thought for a moment of your tele- 
graphing for what seemed to me of such little accoiint, and so I am 
punished for my offenses most keenly. 

I started out once to fill Downing's blank, although the detail 
which it called for made me long neglect even to start. I remember 
that it was impossible for me to give all the birthdays required, and so 



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I took it home to consult my wife. I did not find her at that moment, 
and the blank was put away so securely that it has never re-appeared. 
The printed sheet I send gives the results of a patient labor on the part 
of an associate, who turned it out upon me one day as a surprise party. 
I have loved him for it, but I have hated the thing itself ever since. I 
send it in desperation to you for you must evidently have something. 

I cannot now remember all the questions of Downing's longer cat- 
echism, in fact hardly any of them. I can only say that we have been 
blessed with seven children, five girls and two boys — Nos. 5 and 7. 
The two eldest have graduated at the University of California ; the 
fourth is now in the University, two next in the High School, and the 
baby now twelve years old, is in the Grammar School. 

I presume this is enough — in fact too much. Please tell me what 
my share of the expense is. 

Sincerely yours, E. J. WICKSON. 



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at Ber\edtct Hall. 



WlLLlAM F. CAHOONE. 
William Frederick Cahoone entered college with the majority 
of the class in the fall of 1865. At the end of Freshman year he 
left college and for some time taught in various schools in the 
northern part of the State. No farther information concerning 
him has been obtained. 

LOUIS N. CHAPIN. 
Louis Nathan Chapin became a member of the class of '69 at 
the beginning of Junior year. He gave up his studies before the 
course was completed, and went into business. He now lives in 
New York where he has been very successful. He is married and 
has a family of three children. 

Rev. ELBERT W. CUMINGS. 
Elbert Wilmot Cumings was prepared for college in Michigan, 
and was a loyal member of '69 for the first two years of its course. 
He then taught two years and returned to Hamilton graduating 
with the class of 1871. He studied theology and is now pastor of 
the Presbyterian church of Barre, Vt. 

JOHN L. DOUGLASS. 

John Lovell Douglass was a classmate of Cumings in the pre- 
paratory school at Niles, Mich., and came on to Hamilton with 
him. He left college at the close of second term Freshman and 
did not return. He engaged in business in the West, but nothing 
has been heard concerning him in recent years. 

JOHN E. ELMER. 
John Edgar Elmer was born at Chester, N. Y., July i, 1847. 
He prepared for college at Chester, and entered Hamilton joining 
the Class of '69 at the beginning of Sophomore year. He gave up 
college work after one year, but returned and graduated with the 
Class of 1870. He completed the course in the Hamilton Law 
School, and practiced his profession two years. He was drowned 
in the Mississippi river in 1874. 



CHARLES P. FAKE. 
Charles Peter Fake passed his entrance examination in June, 
1865, but was never |)resent at any of the recitations of '69. 

JOHN H. FITZGERALD. 
John Henry Fitzgerald made his preparation at Oxford Acad- 
emy and entered Hamilton in the fall of 1865. He remained dur- 
ing Freshman year and was one of the prize speakers of his class. 
He then accepted a position in a mercantile house in the southern 
part of New York. Since then no tidings of him has been received. 

JOHN H. GREENE. 
John Howard Greene was born at Indian Castle, Nov. i, 
1848. He entered Freshman year sometime after the first term 
opened. He remained until the year closed and then was com- 
pelled to leave college on account of his straightened circum- 
stances. He joined the Class of '70 and later '71. In fact, he was 
a member of most of the classes until 1874, when he graduated, 
his persistent energy finally winning the coveied diploma. The 
college mail book fails to give his present residence, and the secre- 
tary can get no trace of him. 

Prof. CHARLES K. HOYT. 
Charles Kimball Hoyt entered college from Auburn, N. Y., as 
a member of '68. He did not remain during the entire year, but 
joined '69 as a Freshman in September, 1865. He was a loyal 
'6Qer for two years, and then fell back into '70, furnishing that class 
its Salutatorian. He studied theology, and became professor of 
rhetoric and Hterature in Wells College. He then went to Auburn 
as a member of the Faculty of the Theological Seminary in which 
work he is still employed. 

M. KNOX JOHNSON. 

Massah Knox Johnson passed the entrance examination for 
admission to the Class of '69, in July, 1865, but did not matricu- 
late. 

FRANK R. JUDSON. 

Frank Roscius Judson entered college from Ogdensburg. He 
remained only a few weeks of Freshman year. 



HORATIO W. LAWRENCE. 
Horatio William Lawrence prepared for college in Syracuse 
and entered with the majority of the class in the fall of '65. He 
was an earnest and enthusiastic '69er for two years, when he retired 
from college work to go into business. No recent information 
concerning him has been obtained. 

JOHN V. B. LEWIS. 

John Van Buren Lewis entered college from Auburn, N. Y., 
joining the Class of 1869 at the beginning of its course. He re- 
mained, two years and then taught a year,graduatmg with '70. He 
studied law and began its practice in New York where he still re- 
sides. 

JOHN V. B. MCGRAW. 

John Van Buren McGraw entered Hamilton with the Class of 
1868. During Sophomore year he left college and the next year 
returned, but remained as a member of '69 but a short time. 

WILLIAM S. FINNEY. 
William Seward Pinney was prepared at the Rural High School 
in Clinton. He passed the college examination in July, 1865, but 
did not return for work when the college opened in September. 

WILLIAM L. POTTLE. 
William Loring Pottle prepared at Naples, N. Y.,and entered 
as a Freshman in the fall of 1865. He remained for three years 
and then went into business in Western New York. He has been 
very successful. At the re-union Macauley reported him as having 
a son in the graduating class of one of the eastern colleges. 
Although most diligent effort has been made, the secretary has 
been unable to get any communication from him. 

ALVAN A. RICHMOND. 
Alvan Allan Richmond was born in Little Falls, N. Y., and 
entered college from his native town. He joined the class of '69 at 
the beginning of Sophomore year. He remained but one year 
when he left to engage in teaching. Nothing farther has been 
heard from him. 



Rev. GEORGE R. SMITH. 
George Russell Smith entered college from Albion, N. Y., and 
was a member of '69 during Sophomore year. He taught for one k m ^ 
year, and returning graduated with the Class of '70. He studied H/^ 
theology and is now pastor of the Presbyterian church of Urbana, i^; 

WILLIAM S. YOUNG. 
William Solomon Young prepared at the Rural High School 
and entered in July, 1865. He remained but one year. No trace 
of him has been secured since he left college. 



The pictiires of the Class as they appear in this volume have been 
printed together on a large card. This will be appropriately framed 
and placed in the Perry Smith Library Hall before Commencement 
week. 

The Secretary was unable to secure a half-tone plate of Theta 
Delta Chi House. 




Peter BlaKe. 



Cbe Dead of the glass of i$6<^. 



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EDGAR WARD CROWELL, 
ROBERT BARCLAY TURNER, 
CHARLES AUGUSTUS WETMORE, - 
GEORtJE EUGENE KING, 
FREDERICK ERASTUS CLEVELAND, 
THEODORE CHARLES JRROME, 
EUGENE CHEESEMAN, 
FRANCIS CONTARINA POPE, 
RUSH WALSWORTH BISSELL, 
HENRY HUNT WELLS, 
JEREMIAH HEACHAM CHRYSLER, 



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July 27, 1886 

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December 14, 1893 

February 27, 1894 

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